Leighton Luckey

Luckey is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,009 at the 2020 census. Luckey was named for Captain James B. Luckey, who served in the US Army from 1861 to 1864. In 1879 he bought 180 acres of land and built a saw mill on the site of the village. In 1881 Isaac Krotzer surveyed the town, and several businesses were establ…
Luckey is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,009 at the 2020 census. Luckey was named for Captain James B. Luckey, who served in the US Army from 1861 to 1864. In 1879 he bought 180 acres of land and built a saw mill on the site of the village. In 1881 Isaac Krotzer surveyed the town, and several businesses were established including a post office, stave factory, and hotel. A post office called Luckey has been in operation since 1881. The village was incorporated in 1940. From 1949 to 1958 there was a production site near the village that produced Beryllium under contract for the United States Atomic Energy Commission. In 2019 NSG began construction of a float glass plant just outside Luckey for First Solar in Toledo, the first new glass plant in the USA since 1980.
  • Elevation: 666 ft (203 m)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Ohio
  • County: Wood
  • Township: Troy
  • ZIP code: 43443
  • Area code: 419
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