Colerain, Ohio

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

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

History

Colerain was settled by Quakers from North Carolina and Virginia, who left those states due to their opposition to slavery.^[3]

Notable person

• Fred Negus, football player

References

1. ↑ "A Pronunciation Guide to Places in Ohio". E.W.Scripps School of Journalism. Retrieved 2008-12-19. 
2. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
3. ↑ McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 155. 

Municipalities and communities of Belmont County, Ohio, United States County seat: St. Clairsville Cities Martins Ferry St. Clairsville Villages Barnesville Bellaire Belmont Bethesda Bridgeport Brookside Fairview‡ Flushing Holloway Morristown Powhatan Point Shadyside Wilson‡ Yorkville‡ Townships Colerain Flushing Goshen Kirkwood Mead Pease Pultney Richland Smith Somerset Union Warren Washington Wayne Wheeling York CDPs Bannock Glencoe Lafferty Lansing Neffs Wolfhurst Unincorporated communities Alledonia Barton Blaine Colerain Fairpoint Jacobsburg Maynard Riverview Warnock Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°07′33″N 80°48′31″W / 40.12583°N 80.80861°W / 40.12583; -80.80861