Gypsum (Ohio)
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Location in Ohio
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Ottawa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 30 ′ N , 82 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Height : | 177 m | ||
| Postal code : | 43433 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-32788 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1048810 | ||
 Map of Ottawa County on Lake Erie : Gypsum is located south in Portage Township on the shores of Sandusky Bay |
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Gypsum , by locals "sinkhole" or "God's Country" called, is a settlement on community-free area ( unincorporated community ) in the eastern Portage Township , Ottawa County , Ohio , United States . Gypsum is located south of the mouth of the Portage River on the banks of the Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie . Although it is parish-free, it has a post office with the zip code of 43433.
The children of the Gypsum families attend schools in the Port Clinton School District.
economy
The area got its name from the gypsum (English gypsum ) that is mined here. Gypsum mining is the engine of the region's economy and population growth. The quarrying sites, which are spread over the whole area of Gypsum, increasingly lead to karst phenomena in the form of sinkholes . Therefore, the entire section, especially the main mining and loading areas, is often referred to simply as a sinkhole by the residents . The United States Gypsum Company is based here. In addition to gypsum mining, its job is to monitor the water balance and earth movements. The area is made accessible by a railway line for goods traffic and the transport of the gypsum mineral. The dolomite containing gypsum from Gypsum is in Ohio and surrounding states as a fertilizer used in agriculture. The soil can not only be supplied with calcium , but also magnesium .
literature
- Verner Everett Jones: Origin of the gypsum deposits near Sandusky, Ohio . Economic Geology, v. 30, no. 5, pp. 493-501, August 1935
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zip Code Lookup
- ↑ Jerry M. Bigham, Katerina Dontsova, Yong Bok Lee and Brian K. Slater: Gypsum for Agricultural Use in Ohio - Sources and Quality of Available Products. Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet, ANR 20-05, School of Natural Resources, Columbus, Ohio 2005 online version ( September 9, 2006 memento in the Internet Archive )