Massieville, Ohio

Massieville is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Ross County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

History

Variant names were "Massie" and "Waller". The community has the name of Waller Massie, the proprietor of a local sawmill.[2]

Geography

Massieville is located in the Appalachian region of Ohio, south of Chillicothe. [3]

Demographics

The population of Massieville was 584 at the 2020 census, of those 584 people, 91% were White, 2.5% were African American, 1.8% were Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% were Asian, 0.1% were from other races, and 5.9% were from two or more races. [4]

Notable person

Will Huff, a composer, was born at Massieville in 1875.[5]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Massieville, Ohio
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). Chillicothe and Ross County. Works Progress Administration. p. 79.
  3. ^ "Ohio's Appalachian Country". www.appalachianohio.com. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  4. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  5. ^ Studwell, William Emmett; Conrad, Charles P.; Schueneman, Bruce R. (1999). Circus Songs: An Annotated Anthology. Psychology Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7890-0879-4.

39°15′24″N 82°58′06″W / 39.25667°N 82.96833°W / 39.25667; -82.96833


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.