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'''Tedrow''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 168 at the 2020 census. It lies at the intersection of the east-west County Road J with the north-south County Roads 17-2 and 17-3, {{convert|3|mi|0}} north and {{convert|3.5|mi}} west of the northern edge of the city of Wauseon, the county seat of Fulton County. The community lies less than one mile (about 1&nbsp;km) north of the Ohio Turnpike, although the nearest exit is several miles away.<ref>DeLorme, ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer'', 7th ed., Yarmouth, Maine, 2004, p. 25, {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}</ref>

==History== ===Post Office=== A post office was established in 1839, and remained in operation until 1917.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fulton County |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Fulton |accessdate=25 January 2016 |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History}}</ref> The community was named for the local Tedrow family.<ref>{{cite book |last=Reighard |first=Frank H. |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx2zl7;view=1up;seq=376 |title=A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio (Volume 1) |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |year=1920 |page=344}}</ref>thumb|left|150px|1858 platt map showing Spring Hill, now known as Tedrow

=== Spring Hill === Brush Creek, a tributary of the Tiffin River, rises near Tedrow.<ref>DeLorme. ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, pp. 25, 35. {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}}.</ref> The creek is fed by a spring. The spring's clean water made the spot a favorite Indian campground and resting place in their migratory hunting excursions.<ref name="Aldrich">{{cite book |last= Aldrich |first=Lewis Cass |date= 1888|title=History of Henry and Fulton counties, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers|pages=465–475|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofhenryfu00aldr/historyofhenryfu00aldr_djvu.txt|location=Syracuse, N. Y.|publisher=D. Mason & Co., Publishers}}</ref> Thus, Tedrow was first known as "Spring Hill", as shown on an 1858 plat map.

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{{Fulton County, Ohio}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Census-designated places in Fulton County, Ohio Category:Census-designated places in Ohio

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