Broadway, Ohio

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

'''Broadway''' is an unincorporated community in western Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio, United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1056725}}</ref> It has a post office with the ZIP code 43007.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008002948/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43007 |date=October 8, 2007 }}</ref> It lies along State Route 347 between Raymond and Magnetic Springs.

Broadway was one of the last communities to be organized in Union County. It was laid out along the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, surrounded by giant forests which supplied the community with a great source of revenue.<ref name=Mowry>A.S. Mowry, C.E., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SENjQAAACAAJ&dq=%22Atlas+of+Union+County,+Ohio%22&cd=1 Atlas of Union County, Ohio]'', Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.</ref> As of 1877, the community contained a spoke and hub factory, four dry goods and grocery stores, two drug stores, one grain warehouse, two blacksmith shops, one boot and shoe shop, a school-house, and a meeting house.<ref name=Mowry/> thumb|left|Main and Center Streets {{clear left}} ==References== {{Reflist}}

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