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Haydenville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Green Township, Hocking County, lying along U.S. Route 33 and the Hocking River southeast of Logan, the county seat.

Originally known as Hocking Furnace, Haydenville was founded in 1852 by Columbus industrialist Peter Hayden and named for him.

Haydenville was the last entirely company-owned town in Ohio: Hayden's Haydenville Mining and Manufacturing Company, established in 1882, owned every house and both stores in town.

Company employees in Haydenville were paid in scrip that could only be spent at the company store.

Haydenville workers could not buy their own homes until the early 1960s, after the company passed to the National Fireproofing Company; the homes were finally sold to individuals in 1964.

Haydenville was built as a living catalog of its own products — its houses and buildings incorporate the many styles of brick, block, and tile made in the town's plants, and the local Methodist church was built using every style of brick the factory produced.

At its height, the Haydenville company employed roughly 360 people in its brick plants, railroad facility, and coal and clay mines.

In 1973 the entire community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Haydenville Historic Town district, covering 20 acres with more than 120 contributing properties.

Haydenville's population was 337 at the 2020 census.

A post office has been in operation at Haydenville since January 10, 1870, and the community's ZIP code is 43127.