Somerdale is an unincorporated community in northeastern Fairfield Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44678.[2] It lies along State Route 212, Conotton Creek and the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway east of Zoar.
History
editA post office called Somerdale has been in operation since 1887.[3] Somerdale was originally a mining community and the Somerdale Coal Company operated there.[4] Peak coal production at Somerdale was around the year 1900.[5]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Somerdale, Ohio
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ Industrial Commission of Ohio. Dept. of Inspection. Division of Mines (1907). Annual Mine Report. p. 195.
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 128.
40°33′59″N 81°21′38″W / 40.56639°N 81.36056°W
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