When I speak about a particular part of my market area, I often refer to it as “Southern Delaware County“. Of course, I also mention Powell, Lewis Center and Delaware. But usually Southern Delaware County is a better descriptor of the area. This portion of the county is growing very fast so local folks refer to it frequently.
I propose that we need to come up with a better … easier … name for this area (the blue area in the map).
The homes in the blue area have a mailing address of either Powell, Lewis Center or Delaware. But actually the land is located in the townships of Liberty, Orange, Berlin and Delaware. There’s also three zipcodes: 43065 for Powell; 43035 for Lewis Center; and 43015 for Delaware. The Olentangy School District covers most of the area, but some of the upper portions are within the Delaware School District.
The Delaware 43015 zip code goes all the way south down to Orange Rd mostly, but not entirely, between Rt 23 and Rt 315. The Powell zip code 43065 goes all the way north to Delaware between Rt 315 and the Scioto River, except for a chunk that is the 43015 zip. The Lewis Center zip 43035 goes all the way north to Cheshire Rd, where it changes to the Delaware zip 43015.
It’s all very confusing for outsiders and sometimes for locals as well.
So I’m going to propose that the blue area west of Rt 23 over to the Scioto River be renamed Libertydell. The area east of Rt 23 over to Alum Creek Reservoir would be called Deloran. Then to complete the KISS principle, each new area will have its own zip code. And while we’re at it, we’ll make the boundaries match the key roads or the water rather than having the jig-jogs that exist now.
Since development is quickly turning this huge area from farmland to housing developments and retail stores, we need to fix this indentity crises before it’s too late. People need to know where they live … don’cha think??
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I had to comment on this because I live between Home and Orange Roads off SR 315 and I have a 43015 address. Frustrating because I need to drive to Delaware’s post office rather than the closer Powell post office for vacation holds, etc. The other half of my subdivision towards the west has a 43065 zip code. Very confusing for delivery people, too.
Juli, your situation is a great example of the issues, and one I hadn’t thought of regarding retrieving mail. That must be very cumbersome because I doubt you make a habit of driving into downtown Delaware that often.
I live just south of Delaware, and even I don’t visit the Delaware PO. I use the Lewis Center one because I’m up & down Rt 23 all the time.