Overpeck, Ohio

Overpeck
—  Unincorporated community  —
Nickname(s): Overpeck Station, Overpecks, Overpecks Station, Overpeck Park
Location of Overpeck, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°27′03″N 84°30′53″W / 39.45083°N 84.51472°W / 39.45083; -84.51472Coordinates: 39°27′03″N 84°30′53″W / 39.45083°N 84.51472°W / 39.45083; -84.51472
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Butler
Elevation[1]	633 ft (193 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	45055
Area code(s)	513
FIPS code	39017[2]
GNIS feature ID	1065226[3]

Overpeck (other names: Overpeck Station, Overpecks, Overpecks Station)^[4] is an unincorporated community in central St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45055.^[5] It lies between New Miami and Trenton.

Overpeck is a part of the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN Combined Statistical Area.

Notable natives

• Charles Francis Richter (1900–1985), seismologist and eponym of Richter scale.^[6]

References

1. ^ "USGS detail on Overpeck". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1065226. Retrieved 2009-04-03. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
4. ^ GNIS
5. ^ Zip Code Lookup
6. ^ Susan Elizabeth Hough: Richter's scale. Measure of an earthquake, measure of a man. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2007, S. 10. ISBN 0-691-12807-3.