Ridgeville Corners, Ohio

Tree-lined street southwest of the post office

Giffey Hall, built in 1916, now the Archbold Community Theater

One of the eponymous corners, at the intersection of U.S. Route 6 and County Road X. Site of the Ottes building, 1916, now home to the the Ridgeville Corners Post Office and local businesses.

Ridgeville Corners is an unincorporated community in southern Ridgeville Township, Henry County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43555.^[1] It is located along U.S. Route 6 approximately 7.25 mi. (11.65 km.) northwest of the county seat of Napoleon.

History

Ridgeville Corners was laid out at an unknown date as an early trading point of Ridgeville Township.^[2] A post office has been in operation at Ridgeville Corners since 1841.^[3]

Giffey Hall in Ridgeville corners was erected in 1916 by a local citizen on a parcel of inherited land which she donated to the community. It served as a community center and gymnasium for high school basketball games until the local high school constructed its own gym in the late 1930s, although it continued to host youth basketball games. It was later used by a succession of private businesses and non-profit groups until it was purchased and renovated by the Archbold Community Theater in 1999.^[4]

References

1. Zip Code Lookup
2. Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1888). History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio. D. Mason & Company. p. 274.
3. "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
4. Giffey Hall (Plaque outside of hall). Ridgeville Corners, Ohio: Archbold Community Theater. 1999.

Coordinates: 41°26′16″N 84°15′27″W / 41.43778°N 84.25750°W