Achor, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, United States

40°46′27″N 80°32′30″W / 40.77417°N 80.54167°W / 40.77417; -80.54167CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyColumbianaTownshipMiddletonElevation

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830 ft (253 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

44441

Area codes330, 234FIPS code39/00170GNIS feature ID1064293^[1]

Achor is an unincorporated community in Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.^[1] It lies a few miles south of the community of Negley and just west of the state border with Pennsylvania. Once a leading settlement in the eastern portion of the county, it is now virtually a ghost town.

History

Achor was originally called "The Valley of Achor", and under the latter name was platted around 1806.^[2] Variant names included Achorston, Achortown, Anchorstown, and Middleton.^[1] A post office called Achor was established in 1816, and remained in operation until 1901.^[3]

In 2020, the Valley of Achor Baptist Church, the only original building of the community still standing, burned down.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Achor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^ McCord, William B. (1905). History of Columbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 303.
^ "Columbiana County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
^ "Historic church destroyed by fire". The Review. August 4, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2022.