Dorset, Ohio

Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.

Dorset is an unincorporated community in central Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.^[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 44032.^[2] It lies along State Route 193.

Dorset was originally named Millsford, and under the latter name was founded in 1828.^[3] The present name is after Dorset, Vermont, the native home of an early settler.^[3]

John Brown Junior, son of John Brown the abolitionist, lived in Dorset from approximately 1855 to 1885.

Historical Photos

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Milk factory in Dorset Ohio. Located at the intersection of Footville Richmond Road and State Route 307, on the East side of Mill Creek.
Train at Dorset Station in Dorset Ohio
North on 193 in Dorset Ohio
Mill and Hotel in Dorset
Dorset Baptist Chruch
Class photo in front of the school in Dorset.
This store appears to be the same as another photo that I have posted, only difference being the addition of a gas station.
Appears to have been one of the many stores in Dorset, I am unsure of the location.
Looking North on State Route 193, second house on the left appears to be roughly where the Township garage is now located.
Store fronts in Dorset Ohio
Some sort of community event in Dorset Ohio
Mine prop shipment Dorset Ohio
Railroad Tower possibly located on the west side of Tower Road in Dorset Ohio
One of the first schools located in Dorset Ohio
Early car, photo taken in Dorset Ohio
Log shipment in Dorset Ohio
Hotel and Mill located in Dorset Ohio
Home and barn in photo located to the left of the Dorset school in Dorset Ohio
Train station in Dorset
Stores fronts located in Dorset Ohio
State Route 193 looking North in Dorset Ohio. Block home on the left side of the photo would later become the bakery and game room after.
Train Station in Dorset Ohio

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References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dorset, Ohio
^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 38.