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Welcome to Straitsville ...

Straitsville is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Straitsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Straitsville is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Straitsville: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Straitsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Straitsville - it's located in Connecticut.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Straitsville.

Communities near Straitsville ...

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

  • Athens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Logan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Logan is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <4>
  • Nelsonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • New Lexington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Crooksville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Roseville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glouster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Somerset
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Chauncey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Junction City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Straitsville ...

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

Adding Straitsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Straitsville 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 Straitsville was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Straitsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Straitsville - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Straitsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Straitsville 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.