Bangs, Ohio
Bangs, Ohio (Ohio)
Bangs is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]
Bangs is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]
The village was built along the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon, and Columbus Railroad about 1873 as the railroad was being constructed. [2] [3] A post office called Bangs was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1955. [4] The railroad village was named for George Bangs, a postal official. [2]
The fictional photographer, Lillian Virginia Mountweazel, who died in 1973 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine, was born there. She was known for her photo-essays of unusual subject matter, including New York City buses, the cemeteries of Paris, and rural American mailboxes. [5]
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George Bangs was an American businessman who began his adult life working in private ventures including printing, shoes, farming and journalism before becoming postmaster of Aurora, Illinois, in 1861. During his postal career, he worked with the Railway Mail Service (RMS). There he improved the mail sorting system on trains and was the most prominent advocate of "fast-mail" express mail trains. In 1871, as the RMS General Superintendent, he oversaw the start of the "fast-mail" service which began in 1875. The next year he resigned after Congress cut funding. He died in 1877 and was remembered with an elaborate grave marker denoting his contribution to the postal service.
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Palmyra is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Pipesville is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Rich Hill is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Waterford is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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