The North Bloomfield Historical Society would like to welcome you to
Lockwood, Ohio
or as some of the REAL, REAL, old-timers knew it...
Huckleberry, Ohio
The Time: 1870's
The Place: 1 mile east of North Bloomfield
The area around the Ashtabula, Youngstown, and Pittsburgh Railroad, and Route 87, became known as Huckleberry, Ohio, because of the vast numbers of wild Huckleberries that grew in the great Tamarack Swamp, just east of the Railroad Tracks. There were Repair Shops, Mills, a Milk Condenser, Post Office, Train Station, a Boarding Home, and Stockyards, just to mention a few... Then in 1905, for an undisclosed reason, (Although there are hundreds of theories), Huckleberry Ohio, became Lockwood, Ohio. In 1967, Lockwood, Ohio, was no more. The US Postal service officially closed the Lockwood 44035 zip code forever, due to downsizing. In the early 1970's the Pennsylvania Railroad Express Train Station, and former Postoffice, was demolished. Now all that remains of Lockwood, are some photos, a few stray postmarks on forgotten letters, and an old Railroad bed, (memory lane). But as I see it, as long as we remember what went on, down there near the great swamp, Lockwood will never be gone. Enjoy the photographs, and email me if you have others.
