Barton, Ohio

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Location of Barton, Ohio

Barton is an unincorporated community in southern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, [1] along Wheeling Creek. [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43905. [3]

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Barton is part of the Wheeling, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office called Barton has been in operation since 1880. [4] Barton was platted in 1905, and named after Abner Barton, the original owner of the land. [5] Barton was originally a mining community. [6]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barton, Ohio
  2. ↑ Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1991. pp. 62–63. ISBN   0-89933-233-1.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Belmont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 9.
  6. ↑ McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p.  157.
  7. ↑ "Král', Fraňo".

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