Londonderry is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in eastern Liberty Township, Ross County,

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. It has a

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with the ZIP code 45647. It lies along

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...

at its intersection with State Route 327.

History

Londonderry was laid out in 1831. A post office was established under the name Gillespieville in 1833, and the name was changed to Londonderry in 1929. The present name is derived from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the native home of a first settler.

Gallery

File:LondonderryOH1.JPG, Londonderry community sign File:LondonderryOH2.JPG, Looking west at the intersection of US Highway 50 and Ohio Highway 327

Notable person

Harley Warrick Harley E. Warrick (October 5, 1924 – November 24, 2000), was an American barn painter, best known for his work painting Mail Pouch tobacco advertising on barns across 13 states in the American Midwest and Appalachian states. Over his 55-year ca ...

, barn painter

References

Unincorporated communities in Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ross County, Ohio 1831 establishments in Ohio {{RossCountyOH-geo-stub