Dorset, Ohio

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.

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

41°40′49″N 80°40′02″W


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