First incorporated in 1882, the town was given the name "Ezel", for a rock in the Bible, by its first postmaster, Eli Pieratt, when the post office opened in 1875.[4][5] It is now home to Ezel Elementary School and the Blackwater Volunteer Fire Department.
Geographyedit
Ezel lies along U.S. Route 460, 14 miles (23 km) west of the city of West Liberty, the county seat of Morgan County.[6]Frenchburg is 12 miles (19 km) further west along US 460. The elevation of Ezel is 945 feet (288 m).[7]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Ezel CDP has a total area of 0.89 square miles (2.31 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.010 km2), or 0.45%, are water.[1] Blackwater Creek runs along the southeast edge of the community, leading northeast to the Licking River near Kellacey.
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