Pisgah is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Pisgah
Pisgah of West Chester | |
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Community | |
Coordinates: 39°19′06″N 84°22′08″W / 39.31833°N 84.36889°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Butler |
Population (2010) | |
• Demonym | Pisgian |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | Zip codes[1] |
Area code | 513 |
FIPS code | 39-15000[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1066650[3] |
History
editA post office called Pisgah was established in 1843, and remained in operation until 1905.[4] The community was named for a hilltop church near the original town site, Pisgah meaning "peak" in Hebrew.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 111.