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Welcome to Plattston ...

So far, we found very little information about Plattston. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Plattston to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plattston, please Contact Us.

Plattston would have been located within present day Fulton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plattston, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Plattston is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Plattston was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Plattston was located: 419 & 567<4>

Communities near Plattston ...

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

  • Napoleon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wauseon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Waterville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Whitehouse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
    • Whitehouse is located in Lucas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,932 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehouse <5>
  • Archbold
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Swanton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swanton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanton
    • Swanton is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,841 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swanton <5>
  • Delta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Delta is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,085 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <5>
  • Morenci
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Holland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
    • Holland is located in Lucas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holland <5>
  • Weston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Weston is located in Wood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <5>

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 Plattston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plattston.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plattston. 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 Plattston.

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

Adding Plattston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plattston in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Plattston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Plattston post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plattston.

The official website for Fulton County: www.fultoncountyoh.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Plattston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plattston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Plattston area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Plattston area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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