Scioto Furnace, Ohio

Scioto Furnace is an unincorporated community in western Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45677.[1] It lies along State Route 140.

Location of Scioto Furnace, Ohio
Location of Scioto Furnace, Ohio
A view of Scioto Furnace (U.S. Post Office) while traveling south on SR 140

History

A post office called Scioto Furnace has been in operation since 1862.[2] The community's namesake Scioto Furnace was a blast furnace which was in operation from 1828 until 1892.[3]

References
  1. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  2. "Scioto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 359.

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