Overpeck, Ohio
Overpeck | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Nickname(s): Overpeck Station, Overpecks, Overpecks Station, Overpeck Park | |
Location of Overpeck, Ohio | |
Coordinates: 39°27′03″N 84°30′53″W / 39.45083°N 84.51472°WCoordinates: 39°27′03″N 84°30′53″W / 39.45083°N 84.51472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
Counties | Butler |
Elevation[1] | 633 ft (193 m) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 45055 |
Area code(s) | 513 |
FIPS code | 39017[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1065226[3] |
Overpeck (other names: Overpeck Station, Overpecks, Overpecks Station)[4] is an unincorporated community in central St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45055.[5] It lies between New Miami and Trenton.
Overpeck is a part of the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN Combined Statistical Area.
A post office called Overpecks Station was established in 1860, and the name was changed to Overpeck in 1882.[6] The community has the name of Isaac Overpeck, an early resident.[7]
Notable person
- Charles Francis Richter, seismologist and eponym of Richter scale.[8]
References
- ↑ "USGS detail on Overpeck". Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ GNIS
- ↑ Zip Code Lookup
- ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 106.
- ↑ Susan Elizabeth Hough: Richter's scale. Measure of an earthquake, measure of a man. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2007, S. 10. ISBN 0-691-12807-3.
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