Peoli, Ohio

Peoli is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, along State Route 258.

Location

Situated between Newcomerstown and Freeport, it is made up of approximately ten houses and the Peoli Church (1870-c.1991), and the Peoli Cemetery—the final resting place of baseball legend Cy Young. Young's house still stands outside of Peoli, owned by the Amish community and is currently home to their livestock.

Geography and demographics

Peoli lies in a rural area, the surrounding terrain consisting of many hills, ridges and valleys. Peoli has a large number of Amish people.

They are many farms between Peoli and Newcomerstown to the west and Birmingham to the south. They are two tin shops in the Peoli area, one on State Route 258 and one located on a county road just south of the Tuscarawas/Guernsey county line.

Municipalities and communities of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States County seat: New Philadelphia Cities Dover New Philadelphia Uhrichsville Villages Baltic‡ Barnhill Bolivar Dennison Gnadenhutten Midvale Mineral City Newcomerstown Parral Port Washington Roswell Stone Creek Strasburg Sugarcreek Tuscarawas Zoar Townships Auburn Bucks Clay Dover Fairfield Franklin Goshen Jefferson Lawrence Mill Oxford Perry Rush Salem Sandy Sugar Creek Union Warren Warwick Washington Wayne York CDPs Dundee Sandyville Unincorporated communities Bernice Gilmore New Cumberland Newport Peoli Somerdale Stillwater Wainwright Ghost town Three Legs Town Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°13′38″N 81°26′18″W / 40.22722°N 81.43833°W / 40.22722; -81.43833