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Welcome to River Styx ...

River Styx is located in Medina County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of River Styx, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

River Styx is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for River Styx: 330 & 234<3>

Communities near River Styx ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for River Styx ...

Looking for more information about River Styx? 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 River Styx, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for River Styx.

Adding River Styx to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of River Styx 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 (so far) for River Styx was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the River Styx post office opened in 1828. The River Styx post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for River Styx.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Medina, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around River Styx - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 330 code has been Overlayed with the 234 area code. New phone numbers in the River Styx area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the River Styx area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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