Fitchville is an

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in Fitchville Township, Huron County,

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. It is part of the Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area. Fitchville is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 250, State Route 13, and State Route 162. The community has no

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of its own and is assigned the

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zip code of 44851. The Mansion Hotel was a prominent Fitchville landmark for one hundred and thirty years from 1839 to 1968. It was reputed to have hosted Abraham Lincoln, and served as an overnight resting place for many escaping slaves travelling on the "underground railroad".

History

Fitchville and Fitchville Township are named for former

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of the Connecticut Colony Thomas Fitch. The Fitch family once owned land in this area of the

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section of the historic

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. Early on November 23, 1963, a fire killed 63 people in the Golden Age Nursing Home, one mile north of Fitchville due to overloaded electrical wiring. National media attention was diverted from the incident by the

assassination of President Kennedy John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was in the vehicle wi ...

, which had taken place 15 hours earlier. The tragedy led to improvements in fire safety building codes.

References

Unincorporated communities in Huron County, Ohio Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{HuronCountyOH-geo-stub