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Colerain, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

Colerain /ˈkoʊlreɪn/^[1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States.^[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43916.^[3] It lies along U.S. Route 250.

Colerain is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The community was named after Coleraine, Northern Ireland, the ancestral home of a share of the first settlers.^[4] A post office called Colerain was established in 1825, and remained in operation until 1907.^[5] Colerain was originally built up chiefly by Quakers from North Carolina and Virginia, who left those states due to their opposition to slavery.^[6]

Notable people

Josiah Fox, Naval architect
Fred Negus, Football player

References

^ "A Pronunciation Guide to Places in Ohio". E.W.Scripps School of Journalism. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colerain, Ohio
^ Zip Code Lookup Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 31.
^ "Belmont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 155.