Ridgeville is an
unincorporated community
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in central
Clearcreek Township,
Warren County,
Ohio
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,
United States
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. It is located on
State Route 48 in the north central part of the county, in sections 30 and 36, T4R4,
Between the Miami Rivers Survey.
Ridgeville was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1814 by Fergus McLean, the father of
John McLean, afterward a United States Supreme Court Justice. A post office called Ridgeville was established in 1815, and remained in operation until 1908.
References
Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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