McDermott, OH

McDermott is a census-designated place in western Rush Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 308 residents. Platted on July 28, 1898, the community of McDermott is named after one of the area's earliest commercial ventures, McDermott Stone Company. A post office called McDermott has been in operation since 1898. A newcomer can read McDermott through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, McDermott comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.