Broadacre (previously known as Creswell and Skelly's Station) is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is located about northeast of Bloomingdale at the intersection of Ohio State Route 152 and Township Route 166.Rand McNally, The Road Atlas '06, Chicago, 2006, p. 78.
History Nathan M. Grew built the first mill in Wayne township in this location on Cross Creek.Doyle, Joseph Beatty, 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1910, Pg. 278. When the railroad came through, a station was built here called Creswell, and the community was known as such. The Creswell Post Office was established on June 10, 1869. Around the turn of the century, the name of the community was possibly called Skelley, but later changed to Broadacre. The name of the post office was changed to Broadacre Post Office on June 15, 1915, and it was later discontinued on August 31, 1948. Previous to 1951, the Pennsylvania Railroad was operating a passenger station, and later a freight terminal, at the "Broadacre Station" location,Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, The, Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ... to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year, The Commission, 1951, Pg. 14. and as of 1962, the USGS officially recognized the name of the community as Broadacre. In 1990, the community was described as a hamlet.Raza, Moonis, Geographical Dictionary Of The World In The Early 20th Century With Pronouncing Gazetteer, Concept Publishing Company, 1990, Pg. 482.
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