Barton, Ohio

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

Location of Barton, Ohio

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

History

A post office called Barton has been in operation since 1880.[3] Barton was platted in 1905, and named after Abner Barton, the original owner of the land.[4] Baron was originally a mining community.[5]

Notable people
  • Ellis R. Dungan, American director who directed many Tamil films in the 1930s to 50s.
  • Fraňo Kráľ (1903-1955), Slovak writer and communist politician born in Barton[6]
  • Johnny Pramesa, baseball player

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

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