Coalburg, Ohio

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Coalburg, Ohio, rarely Coalburgh, is an unincorporated tract in northwestern Hubbard Township, Trumbull County, at approximately 41 degrees and 11 minutes North, 80 degrees and 35 minutes West. [1] It was never a city, a town or a village. Its only official station, a post office, was closed in 1913, when the dwindling population could no longer support it. [2] [3] Although listed in the 1940 census enumeration district descriptions as a separate entity to the Hubbard township, no population figures were recorded. [4]

During the late 19th century, miners who worked the nearby coalfields and their families resided in Coalburg. The settlement had an active business district and houses of worship. [5] Several railroads transported coal from Coalburg’s mines to iron foundries in Youngstown, Ohio, and beyond. National press attention was focused on Coalburg during a regional coal miners’ strike in 1873, when mine owners transported newly arrived immigrants, Italians and Swedes, from eastern seaports and African Americans from Virginia to break the miners’ labor action. [6]

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References

  1. "GNIS Detail - Coalburg".
  2. "United States Official Postal Guide". U.S. Government Printing Office. January 1, 1912. p. 31 via Google Books.
  3. LLC., Historic Map Works. "Hubbard Township, Coalburg, Atlas: Trumbull County 194x, Ohio Historical Map".
  4. Department of the Interior. 11th Decennial Census Office. 3rd Division - Geography. ca. 1889-ca. 1894 (Predecessor); Department of the Interior. 7th Decennial Census Office. ca. 1850-ca. 1855 (Predecessor); Department of the Interior. 8th Decennial Census Office. ca. 1859-ca. 1870 (Predecessor); Department of the Interior. 9th Decennial Census Office. ca. 1870-ca. 1877 (Predecessor); Department of the Interior. 10th Decennial Census Office. ca. 1877-ca. 1885 (Predecessor); Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Office of the Assistant Director for Operations. Geography Division. (March 13, 1947 - 1968). "1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Ohio - Trumbull County - ED 78-58, ED 78-59, ED 78-60, ED 78-61, ED 78-62" via US National Archives Research Catalog.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 25, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Western Reserve chronicle. (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, February 05, 1873, Image 2". February 5, 1873 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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