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Hammondsville, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States

40°33′27″N 80°42′25″W / 40.55750°N 80.70694°W / 40.55750; -80.70694CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyJeffersonTownships SalineElevation

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689 ft (210 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

43930^[2]

Area code740GNIS feature ID1064786^[1]

Hammondsville is an unincorporated community in central Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. It lies along Ohio State Route 213.

History

Hammondsville was laid out in 1852 and named for Charles Hammond, the original owner of the town site.^[3] A post office has been in operation at Hammondsville since 1852.^[4] Hammondsville was originally a mining community and the Hammondsville Mining and Coal Company operated there.^[5]

Education

Hammondsville is part of the Edison Local School District. Campuses serving the community include Stanton Elementary School (Preschool-Grade 8) and Edison High School [1] (Grades 9-12).

Notable people

Bevo Francis, basketball player, one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hammondsville, Ohio
^ Zip Code Lookup
^ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 466.
^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ Caldwell, John Alexander (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley. Historical Publishing Company. p. 581.