Raymond, Ohio

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|subdivision_name3 = Liberty

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Raymond is a census-designated place in eastern Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43067. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 347 and 739.DeLorme, Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th ed., Yarmouth, Maine, 2004, p. 57.{{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}} The population was 280 at the 2020 census. Raymond is the unofficial administrative center of Liberty Township government; Raymond itself has no municipal framework or government of its own.

History

The town was originally called Newton, and was laid out and platted in 1838.{{cite book|last= Durant|first=Pliny A.|title=The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofunionco00dura#page/400/mode/2up|year=1883|publisher=Beers, W. H., & co.|location=Chicago|page=401}} The Newton post office was opened in 1839, and three of the first six postmasters had the surname Raymond. Over time the settlement acquired the sobriquet "Raymond's post office." This was eventually shortened to "Raymond's P.O.," then to "Raymond's," then to "Raymonds," and finally to Raymond.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Union | title=Union County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 December 2015}} The sign currently on the front of the Raymond post office is a representation of the signage that once adorned the Toledo & Ohio Central railroad station located on the south edge of the town.{{cite web | url=http://www.west2k.com/ohpix/raymondsoh.jpg |title=Dan West's Ohio Railroad Stations Past and Present}}

Education

Raymond is in the Marysville Exempted Village Schools District.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39159_union/DC20SD_C39159.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Union County, OH|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-09-18}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39159_union/DC20SD_C39159_SD2MS.txt Text list]

Raymond is home to Raymond Elementary School, part of the school district. The comprehensive high school of the district is Marysville High School.

Raymond also has a public library, a branch of the Marysville Public Library, which is open for six hours each Wednesday.{{cite web | url=https://marysvillelib.org | title=Homepage | publisher=Marysville Public Library | accessdate=3 March 2018}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Union County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio