Cones Mills is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in
Delaware County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
. It was located in
Thompson Township.
History
Later named Pickrell's Mill, Cones Mills was once a prosperous location, but the burning of Cone's
woolen mill
Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...
and the closure of other local industries, due to lack of business, ruined its hopes. The community lay along
the old military road approximately one mile north of Delsaver's Ford on the
Scioto River
The Scioto River ( ) is a river in central and southern Ohio more than in length. It rises in Hardin County, Ohio, Hardin County just north of Roundhead, Ohio, flows through Columbus, Ohio, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olent ...
,
the spot at which the township's southern boundary meets the river.
An earlier community, Patterson, lay on the same road a short distance to the north, at the mouth of
Fulton Creek, but it was eclipsed by Cones Mills, and its post office closed when one was opened in the newer community.
, the Cones Mills post office endured into the 1880s.
References
Geography of Delaware County, Ohio
Ghost towns in Ohio
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