Sandyville, Ohio | |
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 Location of Sandyville, Ohio | |
| Coordinates:40°38′49″N81°22′01″W / 40.64694°N 81.36694°W /40.64694; -81.36694 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Tuscarawas |
| Township | Sandy |
| Elevation | 991 ft (302 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 350 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 44671 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2628966[1] |
Sandyville is anunincorporated community andcensus-designated place in northernSandy Township,Tuscarawas County,Ohio,United States. It has apost office with theZIP code 44671.[3] It lies alongState Route 800 betweenCanton andNew Philadelphia. The population was 350 at the2020 census.
Sandyville was laid out andplatted 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 theMuskingum 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]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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