Bangorville, Ohio
Bangorville, Ohio | |
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 Bangorville in 2022 | |
| Coordinates: 40°33′54″N 082°33′51″W / 40.56500°N 82.56417°W[1] | |
| Elevation | 1,375 ft (419 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1064379[1] |
Bangorville is an unincorporated community in southwestern Jefferson Township, Richland County, Ohio. Settlers from Penobscot County, Maine, formed the community in the 1840s, and named it after Bangor, Maine.[2] One of these settlers, William Moore (1815–1889), established a manufacturing plant that made farm implements and machinery, and employed about 50 workers. The factory was destroyed by a fire, and not rebuilt. Bangorville was not served by railroad, which also hindered its growth.[3]
The Bangorville Post Office was open from 1873 to 1901.[4][5] A meteorological station near Bangorville operated from the 1880s until at least the 1920s.[6] Nearby cemeteries include Baldwin Middlebury (in Knox County, Ohio), and Culp (in Perry Township, Richland County).
Geography[edit]
The community is in the vicinity of the intersection of Ohio State Route 546 and Bangorville Road.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bangorville, Ohio
- ^ Semi-Weekly News, Mansfield, Ohio, 21 June 1898.
- ^ A. J. Baughman, "History of Richland County: Chapter XXIX (Bangorville)," The Mansfield News, Mansfield, Ohio, 27 June 1903, p. 11.
- ^ Larry L. Miller (1996), Ohio Place Names (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press), p. 14.
- ^ "Bangorville," The Mansfield News, Mansfield, Ohio, 10 May 1901, p. 7, col. 5.
- ^ William Henry Alexander (1923), A Climatological History of Ohio, vol. 28, no. 5 (Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University), p. 572.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |