Gypsum (Ohio)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Gypsum (Ohio)
Coordinates
-82.87583333 -82.87583333 41.49333333 41.49333333 (gooearth )
W0825233 W0825233 N0412936 N0412936 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 126633325
Wikidata: Q1558487
Library of congress: n 00078124
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 41°29ʹ36ʺN 082°52ʹ33ʺW)
  • NUCMC data from Ottawa County Historical Museum for Jensen, W. Gypsum history, 1978(Gypsum, Ohio; unincorp. community, Portage Twp., Ottawa County, Ohio)
  • GNIS, Nov. 16, 2000(Gypsum; popl. pl.; Ottawa County; map: Vickery; lat.: 412936N; long.: 0825233W)

Wikipedia description:

Gypsum is an unincorporated community in eastern Portage Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43433. The community is named for deposits of the gypsum rock near the original town site. Gypsum mining in the area by U.S. Gypsum Corporation began in 1902 and stopped in the 1970s, however the company continues to operate a manufacturing plant in the community. Children from Gypsum families generally attend the Port Clinton City School District.

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