Nelsonville
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city in Athens County, Ohio, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- County
- Athens
- Township
- York
- Established
- 1814 (settled), 1838 ( incorporated )
- Total
- 4.78 sq mi (12.39 km )
- Land
- 4.68 sq mi (12.12 km )
- Water
- 0.10 sq mi (0.27 km )
- Elevation
- 702 ft (214 m)
- Density
- 985.8/sq mi (380.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 39-53886
- Website
- cityofnelsonville .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Nelsonville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Athens County
- Population
- 4612
- Area
- 12.95946
- Elevation
- 207
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Official website
- www.nelsonville.net
- Image
- Nelsonville Ohio.jpg
- Households
- 1643
- Dialing code
- 740
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Nelsonville, Ohio
- postal code
- 45764
- inception
- 1814-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.2257
- P8168
- (6833) 1993 FC1
- per capita income
- 17044
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Nelsonville is a city in northwestern Athens County, Ohio, United States, located about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Columbus. The population was 5,373 at the 2020 census. It is home to Hocking College as well as Rocky Brands. Nelsonville is surrounded by Ohio's only national forest, the Wayne National Forest.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nelsonville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.