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Otway is a village in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 87 at the 2010 census.

Otway village overview:
Name:	Otway village
LSAD Code:	47
LSAD Description:	village (suffix)
State:	Ohio
County:	Scioto County
Elevation:	597 ft (182 m)
Total Area:	0.18 sq mi (0.46 km²)
Land Area:	0.17 sq mi (0.45 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	92
Population Density:	525.71/sq mi (203.03/km²)
ZIP code:	45657
Area code:	740
FIPS code:	3959066
GNISfeature ID:	1065223

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History

A post office called Otway has been in operation since 1861. The town site was platted on March 29, 1884. The village was named after Thomas Otway, an English dramatist. Otway was incorporated in 1890.

Trains traveling from Portsmouth to Cincinnati would stop at the Norfolk & Western train depot located in Otway. In 1956, the depot was moved across the tracks and converted into a convenience store as roads were used more and more for travel instead of trains.

On March 2, 2012, a tornado with winds upwards of 75 mph, swept through southern Ohio. Otway’s fire department building, along with two houses, were damaged. Also damaged was one of Otway’s emergency response vehicles, but through a donation from the Uniopolis Fire Department, the vehicle was quickly replaced with a 1983 pumper tanker truck.