Colerain /ˈkoʊlreɪn/ [1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States. [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43916. [3] It lies along U.S. Route 250.
Colerain is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The community was named after Coleraine, Northern Ireland, the ancestral home of a share of the first settlers. [4] A post office called Colerain was established in 1825, and remained in operation until 1907. [5] Colerain was originally built up chiefly by Quakers from North Carolina and Virginia, who left those states due to their opposition to slavery. [6]
40°07′33″N 80°48′31″W / 40.12583°N 80.80861°W
Colerain /ˈkoʊlreɪn/ [1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States. [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43916. [3] It lies along U.S. Route 250.
Colerain is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The community was named after Coleraine, Northern Ireland, the ancestral home of a share of the first settlers. [4] A post office called Colerain was established in 1825, and remained in operation until 1907. [5] Colerain was originally built up chiefly by Quakers from North Carolina and Virginia, who left those states due to their opposition to slavery. [6]
40°07′33″N 80°48′31″W / 40.12583°N 80.80861°W