Ridgeville Corners, Ohio


Ridgeville Corners is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southern Ridgeville Township, Henry County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43555. The population was 435 at the 2010 census.

History

Ridgeville Corners was laid out at an unknown date as an early trading point of Ridgeville Township. The First Congregational Church in Ridgeville Corners was a stop on the Underground Railroad in the mid 1800s.A post office has been in operation at Ridgeville Corners since 1841.

Geography

Ridgeville Corners is located along U.S. Route 6 approximately northwest of Napoleon, the Henry county seat. It is southeast of Bryan.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of, all of it recorded as land. As its name suggests, Ridgeville Corners sits on high ground, with the northwest side draining towards the Tiffin River, a south-flowing tributary of the Maumee River, and the southeast side of the community draining directly to the Maumee.

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File:Giffey Hall.png|Giffey Hall, built in 1916, now the Archbold Community Theater
File:Ridgeville Corners Post Office.png|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 Ridgeville Corners Post Office and local businesses