Sandyville, Ohio
CDP
Sign at five-way intersection
Sign at five-way intersection
Location of Sandyville, Ohio
Location of Sandyville, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°38′49″N 81°22′01″W / 40.64694°N 81.36694°W / 40.64694; -81.36694
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyTuscarawas
TownshipSandy
Elevation
[1]
991 ft (302 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total350
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
44671
GNIS feature ID2628966[1]

Sandyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44671.[3] It lies along State Route 800 between Canton and New Philadelphia. The population was 350 at the 2020 census.

History

Sandyville was laid out and platted in 1815.[4] The community takes its name from nearby Sandy Creek.[5] A post office called Sandyville has been in operation since 1816.[6] The village was originally located a half-mile south next to Sandy Creek, but decided to move to its present site in the 1930s after the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District announced plans to build a series of dams in the region that would have put the town inside a flood plain. About 30 homes, the town hall, post office and several businesses were physically moved uphill to the new site between 1937 and 1938.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sandyville, Ohio
  2. ^ "Sandyville CPD, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  3. ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  4. ^ The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. 1884. p. 647.
  5. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 123.
  6. ^ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  7. ^ Wang, Robert (July 25, 2015). "Sandyville honors its history with bicentennial celebration". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. Retrieved May 16, 2021.


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