Location of Barton, Ohio
Location of Barton, Ohio

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

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] Barton 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 January 2, 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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