Klocks Crossing, Ohio

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.

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

History

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

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

References
  1. 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. Klocks Crossing; webpage; Home Town Locator; accessed December 31, 2021
  4. 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.


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