Colerain /ˈklrn/[1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States.[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43916.[3] It lies along U.S. Route 250.

Location of Colerain, Ohio
Location of Colerain, Ohio

Colerain is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History edit

The community was named after Coleraine, Northern Ireland, the ancestral home of a share of the first settlers.[4] A post office called Colerain was established in 1825, and remained in operation until 1907.[5] Colerain was originally built up chiefly by Quakers from North Carolina and Virginia, who left those states due to their opposition to slavery.[6]

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References edit

  1. ^ "A Pronunciation Guide to Places in Ohio". E.W.Scripps School of Journalism. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colerain, Ohio
  3. ^ Zip Code Lookup Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 31.
  5. ^ "Belmont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. ^ McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 155.


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