Official Name: | Comet, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Jackson |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 226 |
Elevation Ft: | 741 |
Coordinates: | 39.1158°N -82.5511°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 45692 |
Area Code: | 740 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1048619 |
Comet is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States. It is located at 39.1158°N -82.5511°W, on the western edge of Wellston.[2]
Comet was originally founded along the Ohio Southern Railroad as a company town for the Comet Coal Company, operating the Comet mine nearby. As of 1895, there were 60 miners and 24 day-laborers employed at the mine.[3]