Bangs, Ohio

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Bangs is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1037613}}

History

The village was built along the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon, and Columbus Railroad about 1873 as the railroad was being constructed.{{cite web|title=Columbus Railroads|url=http://columbusrailroads.com/PRR.htm|accessdate=18 February 2016}}

A post office called Bangs was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1955.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Knox | title=Knox County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 December 2015}} The railroad village was named for George Bangs, a postal official.{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Albert Adams|title=History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DBAtAAAAYAAJ_2|year=1881|publisher=A. A. Graham & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DBAtAAAAYAAJ_2/page/n534 500]}}

Notable residents

The fictional photographer, Lillian Virginia Mountweazel, who died in 1973 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine, was born there. She was known for her photo-essays of unusual subject matter, including New York City buses, the cemeteries of Paris, and rural American mailboxes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/08/29/not-a-word|title=Not a Word|last=Alford|first=Henry|website=The New Yorker|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Knox County, Ohio

Category:1873 establishments in Ohio

Category:Populated places established in 1873