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Klocks Crossing, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°15′24″N 83°50′15″W / 39.25667°N 83.83750°W / 39.25667; -83.83750
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Klocks Crossing
Klocks Crossing is located in Ohio
Klocks Crossing
Klocks Crossing
Location within Ohio
Coordinates: 39°15′24″N 83°50′15″W / 39.25667°N 83.83750°W / 39.25667; -83.83750
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyClinton County
Elevation
1,007 ft (307 m)
GNIS feature ID1062840

Klocks Crossing (formerly Pleasant Grove)[1] is a populated place and minor civil division (MCD) located within Jefferson Township in Clinton County, Ohio.[2][3] It is a former whistle stop along the B & O Railroad between Lynchburg and Westboro.

History

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The original name of the site was the Town of Pleasant Grove, founded about 1857. The town was located along the Hillsboro Branch of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad (that was purchased by the B & O Railroad in 1890). One of the main industries of Klocks Crossing in the late nineteenth century was charcoal manufacturing at a large charcoal oven facility — that boasted the largest 'beehive kilns' in that part of the state. The ovens employed many of the local residents for decades.[4]

Pleasant Grove's name was changed to Klocks Crossing in 1899, following an event in which town resident, Harley Klock, was struck and killed by a B & O freight train while in the midst of an epileptic seizure.[1][4] During the twentieth century, after the closure of the charcoal burning station, Klocks Crossing became just a flag stop as the town's population shrunk in size.[5][1]

Geography

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Klocks Crossing sits at an elevation of 1,007 feet.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Throwback Thursday: Ice Cream and the Big Onion; staff; article; April 2, 2020; Wilmington News Journal/WNEWS online; accessed December 31, 2021
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Klocks Crossing, Ohio
  3. ^ a b Klocks Crossing; webpage; Home Town Locator; accessed December 31, 2021
  4. ^ a b Article Reference; via The Stark County Democrat, August 1, 1899; article; WNEWS online; accessed December 31, 2021
  5. ^ History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries, and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. B.F. Bowen. 1915. p. 279.