Bangorville, Ohio

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.[1] 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.[2]

The Bangorville Post Office was open from 1873 to 1901.[3][4] A meteorological station near Bangorville operated from the 1880s until at least the 1920s.[5] Nearby cemeteries include Baldwin Middlebury (in Knox County, Ohio), and Culp (in Perry Township, Richland County).

Geography

Bangorville is located at 40°33′54″N 082°33′51″W at an elevation of 1,375 feet.[6] The community is in the vicinity of the intersection of Ohio State Route 546 and Bangorville Road.

References
  1. Semi-Weekly News, Mansfield, Ohio, 21 June 1898.
  2. A. J. Baughman, "History of Richland County: Chapter XXIX (Bangorville)," The Mansfield News, Mansfield, Ohio, 27 June 1903, p. 11.
  3. Larry L. Miller (1996), Ohio Place Names (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press), p. 14.
  4. "Bangorville," The Mansfield News, Mansfield, Ohio, 10 May 1901, p. 7, col. 5.
  5. William Henry Alexander (1923), A Climatological History of Ohio, vol. 28, no. 5 (Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University), p. 572.
  6. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 1979-07-12. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
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