Fitchville, Ohio

Fitchville Methodist Church

Fitchville is an unincorporated community in Fitchville Township, Huron County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area. Fitchville is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 250, State Route 13, and State Route 162. The community has no post office of its own and is assigned the New London zip code of 44851.

History

Fitchville and Fitchville Township are named for former governor of the Connecticut Colony Thomas Fitch. The Fitch family once owned land in this area of the Firelands section of the historic Connecticut Western Reserve.^[1]

Early on November 23, 1963, a fire killed 63 people in the Golden Age Nursing Home, one mile north of Fitchville due to overloaded electrical wiring. National media attention was diverted from the incident by the assassination of President Kennedy, which had taken place 15 hours earlier. The tragedy led to improvements in fire safety building codes.^[2]

References

Municipalities and communities of Huron County, Ohio, United States County seat: Norwalk Cities Bellevue‡ Norwalk Willard Villages Greenwich Milan‡ Monroeville New London North Fairfield Plymouth‡ Wakeman Townships Bronson Clarksfield Fairfield Fitchville Greenfield Greenwich Hartland Lyme New Haven New London Norwalk Norwich Peru Richmond Ridgefield Ripley Sherman Townsend Wakeman CDPs Celeryville Collins Holiday Lakes New Haven Unincorporated communities Centerton Clarksfield East Townsend Fitchville Havana Hunts Corners Olena Steuben Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°05′41″N 82°29′19″W / 41.09472°N 82.48861°W / 41.09472; -82.48861