Scioto Furnace, Ohio

A view of Scioto Furnace (U.S. Post Office) while traveling south on SR 140

Scioto Furnace is an unincorporated community in western Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45677.^[1] It lies along State Route 140.

History

A post office called Scioto Furnace has been in operation since 1862.^[2] The community's namesake Scioto Furnace was a blast furnace which was in operation from 1828 until 1892.^[3]

References

↑ Zip Code Lookup
↑ "Scioto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Evans, Nelson Wiley (1903). A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio. N. W. Evans. p. 359.

Municipalities and communities of Scioto County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Portsmouth

City	Portsmouth

Villages	New Boston Otway Rarden South Webster

Townships	Bloom Brush Creek Clay Green Harrison Jefferson Madison Morgan Nile Porter Rarden Rush Union Valley Vernon Washington

CDPs	Clarktown Franklin Furnace Friendship Lucasville McDermott Minford Rosemount Sciotodale West Portsmouth Wheelersburg

Unincorporated communities	Alexandria Bear Creek Bloom Junction Buena Vista Dry Run Eifort‡ Hales Creek Harrison Mills Haverhill Henley Junior Furnace Lombardsville Lyra McGaw Mount Joy Mule Town Pinkerman Pond Run Powellsville Rushtown Scioto Furnace Sedan Slocum Wallace Mills

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

Coordinates: 38°47′55″N 82°45′54″W / 38.79861°N 82.76500°W / 38.79861; -82.76500

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