St. Patrick (also St. Patricks) is an

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in northwestern Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County,

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. It lies at the intersection of Hoying and Wright-Puthoff Roads, northwest of the city of Sidney, the

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of Shelby County. Its elevation is 971 feet (296 m) and it is located at (40.3708815, -84.2874478). The community of St. Patrick was founded around St. Patrick's Catholic Church, which was established in the area in 1862. Unlike most parts of the heavily

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plains of far western Ohio, which were settled primarily by

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, the population of St. Patrick was predominantly Irish.Brown, Mary Ann. ''Ohio Historic Inventory Nomination: St. Patrick Catholic Church''.

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, October 1977. A post office was established in the community on 22 September 1893; when it was discontinued on 30 June 1904, mail was processed through the post office at Swanders. Today, St. Patrick is a very small community, due in part to a general decline in the rural population; although the church was placed on the

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in 1979, it has since closed and been destroyed. A memorial sits at the site of the church.View of site provided by

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