Big Prairie, Ohio
Big Prairie is an unincorporated community in northwestern Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44611.[1] It lies less than one mile east of Odell Lake.
The first settlement at Big Prairie was made in the 1810s; the community was named for a big prairie near the original town site.[2]
References
- ↑ Zip Code Lookup
- ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 14.
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Coordinates: 40°40′02″N 82°05′43″W / 40.66722°N 82.09528°W
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