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==History==

==History==

A post office called Coles Mills was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1856.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Delaware |title=Delaware County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=15 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211933/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Delaware |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref> The namesake mills were a [[sawmill]] and [[gristmill]] operated by Joseph C. Cole.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Delaware County and Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_wRAVAAAAYAAJ|year=1880|publisher=O. L. Baskin & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_wRAVAAAAYAAJ/page/n489 535]}}</ref>

A post office called Coles Mills was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1856.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Delaware |title=Delaware County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=15 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211933/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Delaware |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}</ref> The namesake mills were a [[sawmill]] and [[gristmill]] operated by Joseph C. Cole.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Delaware County and Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_wRAVAAAAYAAJ|year=1880|publisher=O. L. Baskin & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_wRAVAAAAYAAJ/page/n489 535]}}</ref>

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==References==


Latest revision as of 09:12, 11 January 2026

Ghost town in Ohio, U.S.

Coles Mills is a ghost town in Delaware County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. The precise location of the extinct town is unknown to the GNIS.[1]

A post office called Coles Mills was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1856.[2][3] The namesake mills were a sawmill and gristmill operated by Joseph C. Cole.[4]

40°22′6″N 83°3′25″W / 40.36833°N 83.05694°W / 40.36833; -83.05694

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