Gypsum, Ohio

Gypsum, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Location of Gypsum, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°29′36″N 82°52′33″W / 41.49333°N 82.87583°W / 41.49333; -82.87583Coordinates: 41°29′36″N 82°52′33″W / 41.49333°N 82.87583°W / 41.49333; -82.87583
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Ottawa
Township	Portage
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	43433

Gypsum is an unincorporated community in eastern Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43433.^[1]

Children from Gypsum families generally attend the Port Clinton City School District. The neighborhood is considered friendly, home-spun, and mainly conservative.

The community is named for the gypsum rock, the mining of which was originally the foundation of the community's business, commerce, and population growth. Because these mines are located throughout the community and township, the area is subject to excessive erosion because of sinkholes. Gypsum mining in the area by U.S. Gypsum Corp. stopped in the 1970s.^[2]

References

Municipalities and communities of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Port Clinton

City	Port Clinton

Villages	Clay Center Elmore‡ Genoa Marblehead Oak Harbor Put-in-Bay Rocky Ridge

Townships	Allen Bay Benton Carroll Catawba Island Clay Danbury Erie Harris Portage Put-in-Bay Salem

CDPs	Curtice‡ Lakeside Williston

Unincorporated communities	Forest Park Graytown Gypsum Isle St. George Lacarne Martin Middle Bass

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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