Westville, Ohio

Westville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States.[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43083.[2] It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 36 with State Route 560.

Westville from the east
Location of Westville, Ohio

History

Basil West settled at the site of Westville in 1805.[3] Westville was laid out about 1816. In 1818, the first building was built there at the on the northwest corner of the main intersection.[4] A post office called Westville has been in operation since 1828.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Westville
  2. Zip Code Lookup
  3. Middleton, Evan P. (1917). History of Champaign County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen. p. 161.
  4. The History of Champaign County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. W.H. Beers & Company. 1881. pp. 425.
  5. "Champaign County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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