Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Thurston, OH

Thurston is a village in Fairfield County that was originally called Bush City, after George Bush, who once owned all the land around Bush's Corners, and it was laid out in 1881 where two railroad lines crossed.

Thurston was named in honor of a local minister, Rev. Thurston, and its post office was officially recognized on September 27, 1881, when the settlement had just 14 dwellings.

Before it was Thurston, the surrounding community was known as Hitedale from 1849, growing up around two churches built on land donated by early settler Job McNamee in 1816.

Thurston was incorporated in 1913 and grew into a genuine railroad town — it was the terminal for four divisions of the New York Central Railroad, 14 passenger trains a day stopped there in 1920, and at one point about 150 of its roughly 450 residents worked for the railroad.

By January 1890, natural gas was being piped from Thurston all the way to Columbus.

The last passenger train stopped at Thurston on June 2, 1950, ending the railroad era that had created the village.

Thurston had a population of 603 at the 2020 census, virtually unchanged from 604 in 2010, when it had 219 households.

Thurston is one of Ohio's smaller incorporated villages by area, covering just 0.26 square miles.