Birmingham, Erie County, Ohio

For the community in Guernsey County, see Birmingham, Guernsey County, Ohio.

Birmingham is an unincorporated community in eastern Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States.[1] It is part of the Sandusky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although Birmingham is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44816.[2] It is located at the intersection of State Routes 60 and 113.

Birmingham was the original site of the Woollybear Festival.

The first store at Birmingham was established in 1826.[3] A post office called Birmingham has been in operation since 1832.[4]

On March 3, 2009, fire destroyed a restaurant and the post office in the community.[5] Mail was temporarily rerouted to the post office in nearby Wakeman.[6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birmingham
  2. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  3. ↑ Peeke, Hewson L. (1916). A standard history of Erie County, Ohio: an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic, and social development. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. p. 60.
  4. ↑ "Erie County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Birmingham burning". The Chronicle-Telegram. 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  6. ↑ Castelli, Alicia (2009-03-04). "Post office customers can pick up mail in Wakeman". The Chronicle-Telegram. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

Coordinates: 41°19′48″N 82°21′39″W / 41.33000°N 82.36083°W / 41.33000; -82.36083


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.