Barton is an

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in southern Colerain Township,

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, along Wheeling Creek. It has a

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with the ZIP code 43905. Barton is part of the Wheeling, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office called Barton has been in operation since 1880. Barton was

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ted in 1905, and named after Abner Barton, the original owner of the land. Barton was originally a

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Notable people

Ellis R. Dungan Ellis Roderick Dungan (May 11, 1909 – December 1, 2001) was an American film director, who was well known for working in Indian films, predominantly in Tamil cinema, from 1936 to 1950. He was an alumnus of the University of Southern Californi ...

, American director who directed many Tamil films in the 1930s to 50s. *

Fraňo Kráľ Fraňo Kráľ (9 March 1903 – 3 January 1955) was a Slovak poet, novelist and politician who was a leading representative of Socialist realist literature in Czechoslovakia. Biography He was born in Ohio, United States, in the family of Slov ...

(1903–1955), Slovak writer and communist politician born in Barton * Johnny Pramesa, baseball player

References

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