Taylorsville, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°04′38″N 83°44′3″W / 39.07722°N 83.73417°W

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Taylorsville, Ohio
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°04′38″N 83°44′3″W / 39.07722°N 83.73417°W / 39.07722; -83.73417
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Highland
Township	Whiteoak
Elevation	1,109 ft (338 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	45133
GNIS feature ID	1063053^[1]

Taylorsville is an unincorporated community in Highland County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1]

History

Taylorsville was laid out in 1846, and named after the local Taylor family.^[2] A post office called New Corwin was established in 1849, the name was changed to Taylorsville in 1897, and the post office closed in 1935.^[3]

On May 8, 1961, an F1 tornado struck Taylorsville.^[4]

Education

Taylorsville is served by the Bright Local School District.

Notable people

Charles Burckhalter, director of the Chabot Observatory and astronomer.^[5]
Wilbur J. Carr, diplomat
George Crook, United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taylorsville, Ohio
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 132.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taylorsville Post Office (historical)
^ Ohio Event Report: F1 Tornado. National Weather Service (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ "Obituary", The monthly evening sky map, 17 (204), December 1923

v t e Municipalities and communities of Highland County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Hillsboro
City	Hillsboro	Map of Ohio highlighting Highland County
Villages	Greenfield‡ Highland Leesburg Lynchburg‡ Mowrystown Sardinia‡ Sinking Spring
Townships	Brushcreek Clay Concord Dodson Fairfield Hamer Jackson Liberty Madison Marshall New Market Paint Penn Salem Union Washington Whiteoak
CDPs	Buford Highland Holiday Rocky Fork Point
Unincorporated communities	Allensburg Belfast Berrysville Boston Bridges Carmel Dodsonville East Danville Elmville Fairfax Folsom Hoagland Hollowtown Marshall New Market New Petersburg Pricetown Rainsboro Samantha Sugar Tree Ridge Taylorsville
Ghost town	Fallsville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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