Berwick is an unincorporated community in Seneca Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. It is located next to the intersection of East County Road 6 and State Route 587. The community is served by the New Riegel (44853) post office.[2]
Berwick | |
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  Berwick Location within the state of Ohio | |
| Coordinates: 41°01′45″N 83°17′53″W / 41.02917°N 83.29806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Seneca |
| Township | Seneca |
| Elevation | 840 ft (260 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 44853 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1037881[1] |
History
editBerwick was laid out and platted in 1845.[3] The community was named after Berwick, Pennsylvania, the native home of a first settler.[4] A post office called Berwick was established in 1848, and discontinued in 1955.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Berwick, Ohio
- ^ Zip Code Lookup Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Butterfield, Consul Willshire (1848). History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time. D. Campbell. pp. 178.
- ^ Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Transcript Printing Company. pp. 594.
- ^ "Seneca County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
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