Slate Mills, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°21′02″N 83°03′26″W / 39.35056°N 83.05722°W / 39.35056; -83.05722
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Slate Mills is an unincorporated community in Ross County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1] Slate Mills is home to a local purveyor of fine fish bait products including goldfish, salty's bluegill, yellow-bellies, water leeches, crappie, nightcrawlers, green worms, red worms, and mealworms.[2]

History[edit]

The namesake Slate Mills was a mill built at the site in 1827.[3] A post office called Slate Mills was established in 1860, and remained in operation until 1906.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slate Mills, Ohio
  2. ^ "Mom's Bait Shop". moms-bait-shop.business.site. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Bennett, Henry Holcomb (1902). The County of Ross: A History of Ross County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days. Selwyn A. Brant. p. 305.
  4. ^ "Ross County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

39°21′02″N 83°03′26″W / 39.35056°N 83.05722°W / 39.35056; -83.05722