Hammondsville, Ohio

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|subdivision_name2 = Jefferson

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|subdivision_name3 = Saline

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Hammondsville is an unincorporated community in central Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. It lies along Ohio State Route 213.

History

Hammondsville was laid out in 1852 and named for Charles Hammond, the original owner of the town site.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ | title=20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens | publisher=Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company | author=Doyle, Joseph Beatty | year=1910 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ/page/n447 466]}} A post office has been in operation at Hammondsville since 1852.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Jefferson | title=Jefferson County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=2 January 2016}} Hammondsville was originally a mining community and the Hammondsville Mining and Coal Company operated there.{{cite book|last=Caldwell|first=John Alexander|title=History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections Pertaining to Border Warfare and the Early Settlement of the Adjacent Portion of the Ohio Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuNEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA581|year=1880|publisher=Historical Publishing Company|page=581}}

Education

Hammondsville is part of the Edison Local School District. Campuses serving the community include [https://web.archive.org/web/20090129103631/http://edisonlocal.k12.oh.us/district/buildings/stanton/stanton.html Stanton Elementary School] (Preschool-Grade 8) and Edison High School [https://web.archive.org/web/20090214162140/http://www.edisonlocal.k12.oh.us/district/buildings/ehs/ehs.html] (Grades 9-12).

Notable people

Bevo Francis, basketball player, one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball history

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio