Bangs, Ohio

Bangs is an unincorporated community in Knox County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

Bangs, Ohio
Bangs, Ohio (Ohio)

History

The village was built along the Cleveland, Mt. Vernon, and Columbus Railroad about 1873 as the railroad was being constructed.[2][3] A post office called Bangs was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1955.[4] The railroad village was named for George Bangs, a postal official.[2]

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.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bangs, Ohio
  2. Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. p. 500.
  3. "Columbus Railroads". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. Alford, Henry. "Not a Word". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

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