Westville, Ohio

Westville from the east

Westville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43083.[1] It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 36 with State Route 560.

History

Basil West settled at the site of Westville in 1805.[2] Westville was laid out about 1816. In 1818, the first building was built there at the on the northwest corner of the main intersection.[3]

References

  1. Zip Code Lookup
  2. Middleton, Evan P. (1917). History of Champaign County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen. p. 161.
  3. The History of Champaign County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. W.H. Beers & Company. 1881. p. 425.