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Sandyville, Ohio

CDP in Ohio, United States

40°38′49″N 81°22′01″W / 40.64694°N 81.36694°W / 40.64694; -81.36694CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyTuscarawasTownship SandyElevation

^[1]

991 ft (302 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total350Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

44671

GNIS feature ID2628966^[1]

Sandyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northern Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44671.^[3] It lies along State Route 800 between Canton and New Philadelphia. The population was 350 at the 2020 census.

History

Sandyville was laid out and platted in 1815.^[4] The community takes its name from nearby Sandy Creek.^[5] A post office called Sandyville has been in operation since 1816.^[6] The village was originally located a half-mile south next to Sandy Creek, but decided to move to its present site in the 1930s after the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District announced plans to build a series of dams in the region that would have put the town inside a flood plain. About 30 homes, the town hall, post office and several businesses were physically moved uphill to the new site between 1937 and 1938.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sandyville, Ohio
^ "Sandyville CPD, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
^ The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Warner, Beers & Company. 1884. p. 647.
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 123.
^ "Tuscarawas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
^ Wang, Robert (July 25, 2015). "Sandyville honors its history with bicentennial celebration". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. Retrieved May 16, 2021.