Klocks Crossing, Ohio
Klocks Crossing | |
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  Klocks Crossing Location within Ohio | |
| Coordinates: 39°15′24″N 83°50′15″W / 39.25667°N 83.83750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Clinton County |
| Elevation | 1,007 ft (307 m) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1062840 |
Klocks Crossing (formerly Pleasant Grove)[1] is a populated place and minor civil division (MCD) located within Jefferson Township in Clinton County, Ohio.[2][3] It is a former whistle stop along the B & O Railroad between Lynchburg and Westboro.
History
[edit]The original name of the site was the Town of Pleasant Grove, founded about 1857. The town was located along the Hillsboro Branch of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad (that was purchased by the B & O Railroad in 1890). One of the main industries of Klocks Crossing in the late nineteenth century was charcoal manufacturing at a large charcoal oven facility — that boasted the largest 'beehive kilns' in that part of the state. The ovens employed many of the local residents for decades.[4]
Pleasant Grove's name was changed to Klocks Crossing in 1899, following an event in which town resident, Harley Klock, was struck and killed by a B & O freight train while in the midst of an epileptic seizure.[1][4] During the twentieth century, after the closure of the charcoal burning station, Klocks Crossing became just a flag stop as the town's population shrunk in size.[5][1]
Geography
[edit]Klocks Crossing sits at an elevation of 1,007 feet.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Throwback Thursday: Ice Cream and the Big Onion; staff; article; April 2, 2020; Wilmington News Journal/WNEWS online; accessed December 31, 2021
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Klocks Crossing, Ohio
- ^ a b Klocks Crossing; webpage; Home Town Locator; accessed December 31, 2021
- ^ a b Article Reference; via The Stark County Democrat, August 1, 1899; article; WNEWS online; accessed December 31, 2021
- ^ History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. B.F. Bowen. 1915. p. 279.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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