Sulphur Springs is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in eastern
Liberty Township,
Crawford County, Ohio,
United States
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. As of the
2020 United States census it had a population of 197. It has a
post office
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with the
ZIP code 44881. It is located along
State Route 98 northeast of the city of
Bucyrus, the
county seat
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of Crawford County.
History
A former variant name was Annapolis. A post office called Sulphur Springs has been in operation since 1846. The community was named for a sulphur
mineral spring
Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produce hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals. Salts, sulfur compounds, and gases are among the substances that can be dissolved in the spring water during its passage un ...
s near the original town site.
References
Census-designated places in Crawford County, Ohio
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