Brush Ridge is an unincorporated community in Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, Ohio, United States. Brush Ridge is served by Ridgedale Local School District.
History Brush Ridge was one of the first communities in Marion County, and at one time the largest community in Grand Prairie Township,Koblentz, Stuart J., Marion County, Arcadia Publishing, 2007, P. 27. the Free-Will Baptist Church (now Grand Prairie Baptist Church) was built here in 1867.Leggett, Conaway & Co., The History of Marion County, Ohio..., Culver, Page, Hoyne, & Co. Printers, Chicago, 1883, Pg. 771. In 1900, the "Brush Ridge Horse Protecting Company of Marion and Wyandot Counties" was established here.Annual Report of the Secretary of State, to the Governor of the State of Ohio for the Year 1900, Ohio Secretary of State, 1900, P. 464 In 1907, when the community was suddenly overrun by rats, a rather famous six-week-long rat hunt was held, with a total of 6,600 rats having been killed.Koch, Felix J., Modern Pied Pipers of Hamelin, American Thresherman, Volume 10, 1907, Pg. 28.
Geography Brush Ridge is located north of Marion and east of Morral at the interchange of U.S. Route 23 and Ohio State Routes 231 and 423.Rand McNally, The Road Atlas '06, Chicago, 2006, p.78
The Little Sandusky River begins near Brush Ridge.Maccracken, Jim, Wyandot County Ohio Fishing & Floating Guide Book: Complete fishing and floating information for Wyandot County Ohio, Recreational Guides, Jul 1, 2017.
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