Ava, Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} right|Location of Ava, Ohio

'''Ava''' is an unincorporated community in northwestern Noble Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1056972}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.noblecountyohio.com/nobleco.html |title=Noble County map |access-date=2007-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103203007/http://www.noblecountyohio.com/nobleco.html |archive-date=2007-01-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has a post office with the ZIP code 43711.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010054011/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43711 |date=October 10, 2007 }}</ref> Another location in Ava is a small museum dedicated to the nearby crash of the airship USS ''Shenandoah'' in 1925.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.noblecountyohio.com/shenandoah.html |title=''Shenandoah'' history |access-date=April 1, 2007 |archive-date=February 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207130727/http://www.noblecountyohio.com/shenandoah.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History== Ava was laid out in 1873.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Noble County, Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/historynoblecou00unkngoog|year=1887|publisher=L. H. Watkins|page=[https://archive.org/details/historynoblecou00unkngoog/page/n583 497]}}</ref> The community was a station and shipping point on the Cleveland & Marietta Railroad.<ref>{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Frank M.|title=The County of Noble: A History of Noble County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days, with Special Chapter on Military Affairs, and Special Attention Given to Resources|url=https://archive.org/details/countyofnoblehis00mart|year=1904|publisher=Selwyn A. Brant|page=[https://archive.org/details/countyofnoblehis00mart/page/101 101]}}</ref>

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio Category:Unincorporated communities in Noble County, Ohio