Lafferty, Ohio

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Lafferty, Ohio |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = Lafferty, Ohio Post Office 43951.jpg |imagesize = 200px |image_caption = Lafferty Post Office |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = OHMap-doton-Lafferty.png |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Lafferty, Ohio |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Ohio |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Belmont |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Union |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2020 |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = 255 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = auto |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 1125 |coordinates = {{coord|40|06|51|N|81|01|08|W|type:city_region:US-OH_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 43951 |area_code = 740 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2628914<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2628914}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Lafferty''' is a census-designated place in northeastern Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek.<ref name=gnis/><ref>{{cite book| title= Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1991 |publisher= DeLorme |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-233-1 |pages= 62–63}}</ref> As of the 2020 census it had a population of 255.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lafferty CPD, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Lafferty_CDP;_Ohio?g=160XX00US3941188 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref> It has a post office with the ZIP code 43951.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=43951 Zip Code Lookup]</ref>

Lafferty is part of the Wheeling, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community was named after one Dr. Joseph Laf(f)erty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=88|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=72}}</ref>

==Notable person== * Frank John "Skeeter" Scalzi, baseball player

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Category:Census-designated places in Belmont County, Ohio