River Styx, Ohio
River Styx, Ohio | |
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Unincorporated community | |
River Styx, Ohio | |
Coordinates: 41°03′25″N 81°47′59″W / 41.05694°N 81.79972°WCoordinates: 41°03′25″N 81°47′59″W / 41.05694°N 81.79972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Medina |
Elevation | 1,020 ft (310 m) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Area code(s) | 234 & 330 |
GNIS feature ID | 1071119[1] |
River Styx is an unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, United States.[1] River Styx is located 4.5 miles from Wadsworth and 6.5 miles from Medina.
A post office called River Styx was established in 1828, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[2] The community and the nearby Styx River derive their names from the Styx, a river in Greek mythology.[3] The gloomy character of a nearby swamp caused the name to be selected.[4] River Styx has been noted for its unusual place name.[5]
There is a cemetery that was established as a pioneer homestead graveyard in 1821.[6]
Notable person
- Marvin B. Rosenberry, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[7]
Notes
- 1 2 "River Styx, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Medina County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ History of Medina County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Baskin & Battey. 1881. p. 420.
- ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 119.
- ↑ Petras, Kathryn; Petras, Ross (18 December 2007). Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity. Random House Publishing Group. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-307-41761-9.
- ↑ River Styx Cemetery
- ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1948, Biographical Sketch of Marvin Rosenberry, pg. 12
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