Brush Ridge, Ohio

Brush Ridge was one of the first communities in Marion County, and at one time the largest community in Grand Prairie Township,^[2] the Free-Will Baptist Church (now Grand Prairie Baptist Church) was built here in 1867.^[3] In 1900, the "Brush Ridge Horse Protecting Company of Marion and Wyandot Counties" was established here.^[4] In 1907, when the community was suddenly overrun by rats, a rather famous six-week-long rat hunt was held, with a total of 6,600 rats having been killed.^[5]

Brush Ridge is located north of Marion and east of Morral at the interchange of U.S. Route 23 and Ohio State Routes 231 and 423.^[6]

The Little Sandusky River begins near Brush Ridge.^[7]