Broadway is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in western Taylor Township

Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio

Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,444 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Claibourne Township - northeast...

, Union County

Union County, Ohio

Union County is a county located in the US state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,300. Increasingly becoming more of a suburban county, the population was estimated at 47,234 in 2007 by the U.S. Census Bureau...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 of 43007. It lies along State Route 347

Ohio State Route 347

State Route 347 is an east–west state highway in central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. The western terminus of SR 347 is at an interchange with U.S. Route 33 just south of the unincorporated community of East Liberty...

 between Raymond

Raymond, Ohio

Raymond is an unincorporated community in eastern Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43067. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 347 and 739....

 and Magnetic Springs

Magnetic Springs, Ohio

Magnetic Springs is a village in Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 323 at the 2000 census. The village supports a post office that has the ZIP Code of 43036.-History:...

.

Broadway was one of the last communities to be organized in Union County. It was laid out along the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

Atlantic and Great Western Railroad

The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad began as three separate railroads: the Erie and New York City Railroad based in Jamestown, New York; the Meadville Railroad based in Meadville, Pennsylvania ; and the Franklin and Warren Railroad based in Franklin Mills, Ohio...

, surrounded by giant forests which supplied the community with a great source of revenue. As of 1877, the community contained a spoke and hub factory, four dry goods & grocery stores, two drug stores, one grain warehouse, two blacksmith shops, one boot and shoe shop, a school-house, and a meeting house.