Pisgah, Ohio

Pisgah
Pisgah of West Chester
Community
Pisgah
Pisgah
Coordinates: 39°19′06″N 84°22′08″W / 39.31833°N 84.36889°W / 39.31833; -84.36889Coordinates: 39°19′06″N 84°22′08″W / 39.31833°N 84.36889°W / 39.31833; -84.36889
Country United States
State Ohio
County Butler
Population (2010)
  Demonym Pisgian
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
Area code 513
FIPS code 39-15000[2]
GNIS feature ID 1066650[3]

Pisgah is an unincorporated community in Butler County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

A post office called Pisgah was established in 1843, and remained in operation until 1905.[4] The community was named for a hilltop church near the original town site, Pisgah meaning "peak" in Hebrew.[5]

References

  1. "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  5. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 111.


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