250px, An early 19th-century church Scroggsfield is an

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in Fox Township, Carroll County,

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. The community is part of the

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– Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is served by the

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post office, ZIP code 44615. It is located near the source of Strawcamp Run, a tributary to Yellow Creek.

History

Scroggsfield was named from the

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(i.e. in a field) of the Rev. E.N. Scroggs. An 1831 reference had this to say of Fox Township: "Fox, the name of a post township in the southern border of Columbiana County, about 15 miles southeast of New Lisbon, and 130 northeast of Columbus. The office is ridiculously called Scroggsfield." Fox Township was taken from Columbiana County to form Carroll County.

Education

Students attend the

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.PUC Ohio map of School Districts

References

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