Ingham, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Ingham, Ohio
Pushpin Map:USA Ohio#USA
Pushpin Label:Ingham
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Ohio
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Athens
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation M:212
Elevation Ft:696
Coordinates:39.3139°N -82.2967°W
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1071117[1]

Ingham (also known as Ingham Station or Ingham's Station) is a ghost town in southeastern Brown Township, Vinton County, Ohio, and western Waterloo Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States.[2] The town is located east of the more well known ghost town of Moonville in Vinton County and west of Mineral and King’s Station in Athens County

Ingham had its start when the railroad was extended to the mines at that point.[3] William N. Jaynes was postmaster from March 25, 1903, until mail was discontinued on April 30, 1904, when it was sent to the Mineral post office.[4] The town was abandoned when the mines shut down in the early 1900s. The tracks through Ingham remained in use until the late 1980s when the route was abandoned between Red Diamond in Vinton County and Belpre in Washington County.[5] The railroad bed through Ingham is now the Moonville Rail-Trail.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Domestic Names.
  2. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 79. .
  3. Book: Tribe, Deanna L.. Vinton County. 4 May 2015. Arcadia Publishing. 978-1-4671-1381-6. 51.
  4. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohvinton/postmasters.htm Vinton County, Ohio Postmasters
  5. Ohio Ghost Town Exploration https://ohioghosttowns.org/vinton-county/