Cedar Valley, Ohio

Cedar Valley is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1056779}}

History

A post office called Cedar Valley was established in 1841, the name was changed to Cedarvalley in 1895, and the post office closed in 1903.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Wayne |title=Wayne County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=11 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011537/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Wayne |archivedate=5 March 2016 }} Cedar Valley was named for the valley of Cedar Run creek.{{cite book|title=History of Wayne County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA101|year=1910|publisher=B.F. Bowen|page=101}}

Notable person

David S. Stanley, a Union Army general during the American Civil War, was born at Cedar Valley in 1828.{{cite book|title=The Portrait Monthly: Containing Sketches of Departed Heroes, and Prominent Personages of the Present Time, Interesting Stories, Etc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDVKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133|year=1864|publisher=T.B. Leggett and Company|page=133}}

References

{{coord|40|52|20|N|82|01|29|W|type:city_region:US-OH_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}

Category:Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio