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Welcome to Ashwood ...So far, we found very little information about Ashwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ashwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ashwood, please Contact Us. Ashwood would have been located within present day Defiance County<2>. The location of Ashwood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ashwood is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Ashwood was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Ashwood would have been located in the (419) & (567)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Ashwood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Ashwood - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi (2), New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ashwood. Communities near Ashwood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ashwood.
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 Ashwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ashwood. 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 Ashwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashwood. See our Newspapers Page for Ashwood. Adding Ashwood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ashwood 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 Ashwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Ashwood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashwood. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Defiance County: www.defiance-county.com/ The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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