Colerain, Ohio Explained

Colerain [1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43916.[2] It lies along U.S. Route 250.

Colerain is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The community was named after Coleraine, Northern Ireland, the ancestral home of a share of the first settlers.[3] A post office called Colerain was established in 1825, and remained in operation until 1907.[4] Colerain was originally built up chiefly by Quakers from North Carolina and Virginia, who left those states due to their opposition to slavery.[5]

Notable people

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40.1258°N -80.8086°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Pronunciation Guide to Places in Ohio. E.W.Scripps School of Journalism. 2008-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725084101/http://scrippsjschool.org/pronunciation/. 2017-07-25. dead.
  2. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43916 Zip Code Lookup
  3. Book: Overman, William Daniel. Ohio Town Names. 1958. Atlantic Press. Akron, OH. 31.
  4. Web site: Belmont County . Jim Forte Postal History . 2 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114701/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Belmont . 4 March 2016 .
  5. Book: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens . Biographical Publishing Company . McKelvey, A. T. . 1903 . 155.

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