Welcome to Slough ...

Slough is located in Fairfield County<1>.

The location of Slough has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slough, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Slough is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Slough lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Slough lies within the (740) area code.

Communities near Slough ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Slough.

• Columbus
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Columbus is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 903,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <4>
• Grove City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
  • Grove City is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <4>
• Lancaster
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,932 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
• Reynoldsburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsburg
  • Reynoldsburg is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,374 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reynoldsburg <4>
• Gahanna
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gahanna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahanna
  • Gahanna is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gahanna <4>
• Pickerington
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerington
  • Pickerington is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pickerington <4>
• Whitehall
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Whitehall is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,908 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <4>
• Pataskala
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pataskala have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataskala
  • Pataskala is located in Licking County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,010 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pataskala <4>
• Circleville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circleville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
  • Circleville is located in Pickaway County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,158 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <4>
• Bexley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bexley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexley
  • Bexley is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,751 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bexley <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Slough. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Slough.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Slough. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slough.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Slough. See our Newspapers Page for Slough.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Slough ...

Looking for more information about Slough? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Slough, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Slough.

Adding Slough to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Slough in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Slough was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Slough post office opened in 1889.

We also found Slough in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slough.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Slough. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fairfield County: www.co.fairfield.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/