Opperman, Ohio

Opperman, Ohio
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 39°53′26″N 81°36′2″W / 39.89056°N 81.60056°W / 39.89056; -81.60056Coordinates: 39°53′26″N 81°36′2″W / 39.89056°N 81.60056°W / 39.89056; -81.60056
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Guernsey
Area
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	837 ft (255 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1049039^[1]

Opperman is an unincorporated community and coal town in southwestern Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. Its post office ^[2] is closed.

References

↑ "Opperman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Opperman post office". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

Founding and History

Opperman was planted by Thomas Moore and his wife on August 28, 1903. The town flourished while the mines were being operated. The village once had a railroad station, stores, schools and homes, but nearly all have disappeared.

Source: "Stories Of Guernsey County Ohio" By William G Wolfe, Published 1943

Municipalities and communities of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Cambridge

City	Cambridge

Villages	Byesville Cumberland Fairview‡ Lore City Old Washington Pleasant City Quaker City Salesville Senecaville

Townships	Adams Cambridge Center Jackson Jefferson Knox Liberty Londonderry Madison Millwood Monroe Oxford Richland Spencer Valley Washington Westland Wheeling Wills

CDPs	Buffalo Kimbolton

Unincorporated communities	Antrim Birds Run Birmingham Craig Derwent Elizabethtown Kings Mine Kipling Londonderry North Salem Opperman Spencer Station Walhonding

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

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