Dorset is an unincorporated community in central Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44032.[2] It lies along State Route 193.
Dorset was originally named Millsford, and under the latter name was founded in 1828.[3] The present name is after Dorset, Vermont, the native home of an early settler.[3]
John Brown Junior, son of John Brown the abolitionist, lived in Dorset from approximately 1855 to 1885.
Historical Photos
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Milk factory in Dorset Ohio. Located at the intersection of Footville Richmond Road and State Route 307, on the East side of Mill Creek. -
Train at Dorset Station in Dorset Ohio -
North on 193 in Dorset Ohio -
Mill and Hotel in Dorset -
Dorset Baptist Church -
Class photo in front of the school in Dorset. -
This store appears to be the same as another photo that I have posted, only difference being the addition of a gas station. -
Appears to have been one of the many stores in Dorset, I am unsure of the location. -
Looking North on State Route 193, second house on the left appears to be roughly where the Township garage is now located. -
Store fronts in Dorset Ohio -
Some sort of community event in Dorset Ohio -
Mine prop shipment Dorset Ohio -
Railroad Tower possibly located on the west side of Tower Road in Dorset Ohio -
One of the first schools located in Dorset Ohio -
Early car, photo taken in Dorset Ohio -
Log shipment in Dorset Ohio -
Hotel and Mill located in Dorset Ohio -
Home and barn in photo located to the left of the Dorset school in Dorset Ohio -
Train station in Dorset -
Stores fronts located in Dorset Ohio -
State Route 193 looking North in Dorset Ohio. Block home on the left side of the photo would later become the bakery and game room after. -
Train Station in Dorset Ohio
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References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dorset, Ohio
- ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 38.
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