Rockbridge, Ohio

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Rockbridge, Ohio
Unincorporated community

Jackson Street houses south of the post office

Location of Rockbridge, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°34′47″N 82°31′20″W / 39.57972°N 82.52222°W / 39.57972; -82.52222Coordinates: 39°34′47″N 82°31′20″W / 39.57972°N 82.52222°W / 39.57972; -82.52222
Country United States
State Ohio
County Hocking
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 43149
Area code(s) 740

Rockbridge is an unincorporated community in eastern Good Hope Township, Hocking County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43149.[1] It is located at the interchange of U.S. Route 33 and State Route 374, between Logan and Lancaster. The population was 2552 at the 2010 U.S. census.[2]

The area around Rockbridge contains many tourist destinations including portions of the Hocking Hills State Park System and Clear Creek, part of the Columbus Metro Parks system.

A post office called Rockbridge has been in operation since 1863.[3] The community is named after a natural bridge formed in a large section of sandstone, which stretches more than 100 feet long and 10 to 20 feet wide over a ravine on a small offshoot of the Hocking River.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ USPS Zip Code Lookup
  2. ↑ American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau
  3. ↑ "Hocking County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Hocking Hills State Parks, Rockbridge State Nature Preserve.
  5. ↑ History of Hocking Valley, Ohio. Inter-State Publishing Co. 1883. p. 1143.


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