Ohio State Route 754
State highway in Holmes County, Ohio, US
State Route 754 (SR 754) is a two-lane north–south state highway that runs within Holmes County, Ohio. The southern terminus of SR 754 is at the intersection that marks the eastern split of the concurrency of SR 39 and SR 60 approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Millersburg. Its northern terminus is at SR 514 about 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Shreve.
Route description
All of SR 754 is located within the north central portion of Holmes County, although its northern terminus is within 1 mile (1.6 km) of the Holmes-Wayne county line. The state highway is not inclusive within the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be most important for the nation's economy, mobility and defense.
History
SR 754 came into being in 1962 along its current alignment, replacing what was previously designated as a portion of SR 77 prior to the designation of I-77 in Ohio. The current route has been a part of the state highway system since 1937 when it was the northernmost section of SR 234. Within one year, the route had been redesignated SR 77. By 1953, the entire route had been paved after being a gravel road since its inclusion within the system. Except for its renumbering, no major changes have taken place to the routing of SR 754 since its inception.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ohio State Route 754” as state highway in Holmes County, Ohio, US. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as state highway in Holmes County, Ohio, US. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2492921. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1962, 1937 and 1953.
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