Fairpoint, Ohio Explained

Fairpoint is an unincorporated community in eastern Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek.[1] Although it is unincorporated, and at one point had a post office which was closed in recent years, with the ZIP code 43927.[2] It lies along State Route 9.

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

History

The name Fairpoint is commendatory.[3] A post office called Fairport was established in 1876.[4] Besides the post office Fairpoint had a few country stores.[5]

References

40.1203°N -80.9328°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer . 1991 . . Yarmouth, Me. . 0-89933-233-1 . 62–63.
  2. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43927 Zip Code Lookup
  3. Book: Overman, William Daniel. Ohio Town Names. 1958. Atlantic Press. Akron, OH. 44.
  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: McKelvey, A. T.. Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. 1903. Biographical Publishing Company. 280.

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