Map of Bethesda village, Ohio

Bethesda (/bəˈθɛzdə/) is a village in west-central Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area.

Bethesda village overview:
Name:	Bethesda village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Belmont County
Elevation:	1,220 ft (372 m)
Total Area:	0.64 sq mi (1.67 km²)
Land Area:	0.62 sq mi (1.62 km²)
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²)
Total Population:	1,211
Population Density:	1,940.71/sq mi (749.45/km²)
ZIP code:	43719
Area code:	740
FIPS code:	3906138
GNISfeature ID:	1064431

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History

Bethesda has had three names: Burrs Mills, Fairmount, and Bethesda. When the railroad reached the village in 1852, the Central Ohio Railroad built a station and named it Burr’s Mills in honor of Merrick S. Burr, who operated a sawmill in the area. In 1855, Burr laid out a village which he called Fairmount because of its high and beautiful location. Prior to that time, there was a store, the Bethesda Methodist Church, and a post office, all located about 2 miles south of the current town on what now CR 26, and the post office was named after the church. The store proprietor was the postmaster and when he moved his store to the town, the post office also was relocated but retained its name. As a result, the town was called Fairmount while the railroad station was Burr’s Mills and the post office was Bethesda. In the late 1800s, the name of Bethesda was finally chosen for the town. Bethesda was incorporated as a village in 1910. In 1920, the town contracted with the E. Howard Watch & Clock Company to supply a town clock which was dedicated to Bethesda’s World War I veterans, and erected atop the Orrison Cigar Co. building on Main Street. In 2010, the town clock was removed from service and placed in storage. In 2015, a local business owner from Bethesda, Uncle Bob Murray, spearheaded the restoration of the clock and established the Murray Family Memorial Pizza. The facility and the restored clock have been dictated to militia veterans from all services and have been described as the “Times Leader of Bethesda”.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.64 square miles (1.66 km), of which 0.62 square miles (1.61 km) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km) is water.