Dorset, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

Location of Dorset, Ohio
Location of Dorset, Ohio

Dorset is an unincorporated community in central Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44032.[2] It lies along State Route 193.

Dorset was originally named Millsford, and under the latter name was founded in 1828.[3] The present name is after Dorset, Vermont, the native home of an early settler.[3]

John Brown Junior, son of John Brown the abolitionist, lived in Dorset from approximately 1855 to 1885.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dorset, Ohio
  2. ^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 38.
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41°40′49″N 80°40′02″W / 41.68028°N 80.66722°W / 41.68028; -80.66722


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