Coal Grove, Ohio, is what modern people would call the "suburbs of Ironton, Ohio." One of the reasons Coal Grove's growth was intense during the early 1900s was its location. Sitting right across from Ashland, KY, and on the banks of the Ohio River, there was also railways between this small community and the River.
Another reason was the Yellow Popular Company, which you can read more about in The Lawrence Register. Other businesses and persons decided to make Coal Grove their home. A small portion of those is listed below.
This story was taken from the area newspaper, Ironton Register, Aug. 13, 1891
Growth of Coal Grove.
During the past two years, Coal Grove has grown rapidly. Forty-nine stores and dwellings were erected during that time, as follows:
- Chicago Lumber Co. Store
- James E. Vanhorn Store
- J. F. Deegans Store
- John Peters Jr. Store
- Chicago Lumber Co. - Seven double dwellings
- F. J. O’Connell - 3? Dwellings
- DeBang, Crutcher & Shattuck - Three cottages
- Guy Rowe's Two-story frame
- Mr. Moseman's Frame house
- J. Collier's Frame house
- Moore and Dowling Frame's house and store
- Parsonage's Two-story
- J. T. Halley Frame's house
- Ben Stump's Cottage
- W. Wolfe's Frame house
- L. D. Rowe's Frame house
- Dr. Shattuck's Two-story
- P. T. Carr's Two-story
- Mr. Powell's House
- Mr. Berger's House
- Mr. Jones' House
- Mr. Bryant's House
- Mr. Cary's House
- Mr. John Fox's House
- Mr. Walburn's House
- Mr. Berger's House
- Mr. Sparling's House
- J. Layman's Frame house
- Buck Rowe's Frame house
- Jos. Pemberton's Frame house
- Mr. Leighty - Frame house
- Ben Gregory - Frame house
- A. Gregory- Frame house
- F. Maddy- Frame house
- Josh Willis - Frame house
- Mr. Pierce - Frame house
- John Warren- Frame house
- J. Murphy - Two-story house
IR Jan. 16, 1902 - Big fire - 22 families were rendered homeless: John Sherman, Jesse Runyan, John Fuggitt, Jon Ruggles, Arch Thompson, Robert Humphreys, John Gannon, Henry Artis, Grandma Sissler, John Price, Tom Wilson, Arch Bell, Saul Hammond, Mrs. Thompson, Nathan Jenkins, Tom Achison, Lemuel Platt, Levi Gammon, Thomas Huddle, Oscar Thompson.
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