Peoli 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 Washington Township

Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Washington Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 762 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, along State Route 258.

Location

Situated between Newcomerstown

Newcomerstown, Ohio

Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Lenape village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer was the leader of the western Lenape here, and they called the village...

 and Freeport

Freeport, Ohio

Freeport is a village in Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The population was 398 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Freeport is located at ....

, it is made up of approximately ten houses and the Peoli Church (1870-c.1991), and the Peoli Cemetery—the final resting place of baseball legend Cy Young

Cy Young

Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 22-year baseball career , he pitched for five different teams. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937...

. Young's house still stands outside of Peoli, owned by the Amish

Amish

The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...

 community and is currently home to their livestock.

Geography and demographics

Peoli lies in a rural area, the surrounding terrain consisting of many hills, ridges and valleys. Peoli has a large number of Amish people.

They are many farms between Peoli and Newcomerstown to the west and Birmingham

Birmingham, Ohio

There are multiple places named Birmingham in the U.S. state of Ohio:*Birmingham, Erie County, Ohio*Birmingham, Guernsey County, Ohio...

 to the south. They are two tin shops in the Peoli area, one on State Route 258 and one located on a county road just south of the Tuscarawas/Guernsey

Guernsey County, Ohio

Guernsey County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 40,087. Its county seat is Cambridge and is named for the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, from which many of the county's early settlers came....

county line.