Alvada, Ohio
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|name = Alvada, Ohio
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|image_skyline = Alvada post office 44802.jpg
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|map_caption = Location of Alvada, Ohio
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Seneca
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Big Spring
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|population_as_of = 2000
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
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|elevation_ft = 846
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|postal_code = 44802
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|blank1_info = 1064317{{GNIS|1064317}}
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Alvada ({{IPAc-en|æ|l|ˈ|v|eɪ|d|ə}} {{respell|al|VAY|də}}{{cite web |title=E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Ohio Pronunciation Guide {{!}} Ohio University |url=https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/journalism/e-w-scripps-school-journalism-ohio-pronunciation-guide-1 |website=www.ohio.edu |publisher=Ohio University |access-date=2022-10-22 |date=2016}}) is an unincorporated community in western Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44802.[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] It is located along the concurrency of U.S. Route 23 and State Route 199.
History
A post office called Alvada has been in operation since 1877.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Seneca | title=Seneca County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=27 December 2015}} By 1880, Alvada had 63 inhabitants.{{cite book|last=Lang|first=William|title=History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ctlE6zuQQI0C|year=1880|publisher=Transcript Printing Company|location=Springfield, Ohio|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ctlE6zuQQI0C/page/n656 632]}}
Landmarks
- Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, which, until October 2023, when all structures were torn down, included a large, neo-gothic, red-brick church, a two-story school house, and a cemetery.
References
{{Seneca County, Ohio}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Seneca County, Ohio
Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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