Barrs Mills is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Tuscarawas County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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.
History
A post office called Barrs Mills was established in 1873, and remained in operation until 1956. The namesake Barr's Mills was a
mill
Mill may refer to:
Science and technology
* Factory
* Mill (grinding)
* Milling (machining)
* Millwork
* Paper mill
* Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel
* Sugarcane mill
* Textile mill
* List of types of mill
* Mill, the arithmetic ...
operated by David Barr on
Sugar Creek.
References
Unincorporated communities in Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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