Ingham (also known as Ingham Station or Ingham's Station) is a

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in southeastern Brown Township, Vinton County,

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and western Waterloo Township, Athens County,

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. The town is located east of the more well known

of Moonville in Vinton County and west of

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and King’s Station in Athens County Ingham had its start when the railroad was extended to the mines at that point. William N. Jaynes was postmaster from March 25, 1903, until mail was discontinued on April 30, 1904, when it was sent to the Mineral post office. The town was abandoned when the mines shut down in the early 1900s. The tracks through Ingham remained in use until the late 1980s when the route was abandoned between Red Diamond in Vinton County and Belpre in Washington County.Ohio Ghost Town Exploration https://ohioghosttowns.org/vinton-county/ The railroad bed through Ingham is now the

Moonville Rail-Trail King Switch Tunnel The Moonville Rail-Trail is a sixteen-mile (25 kilometer) rail-trail in southeast Ohio, located in Vinton and Athens Counties. It is largely embedded in the Zaleski State Forest and passes close to Lake Hope State Park. The tra ...

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