Ohio inventions and firsts · Company innovation · 1819-1848
Pomeroy coal and salt industries
Coal mining at Pomeroy began in 1819, and by the 1830s Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy's company had developed mines and drawn European immigrants. Salt was found in 1848. By about 1870 the town's population was around 5,000.
At a glance
- Year
- 1819-1848
- Company
- Pomeroy Coal Company (Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy)
- Place
- Pomeroy, Meigs County ZIP 45769 · Pomeroy · Meigs County
Why it matters
Made Pomeroy a coal and salt center until decline set in during the 1920s.
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.