Slate Mills is an unincorporated community in Ross County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1] Slate Mills is home to a local purveyor of fine fish bait products including goldfish, salty's bluegill, yellow-bellies, water leeches, crappie, nightcrawlers, green worms, red worms, and mealworms.[2]
History
The namesake Slate Mills was a mill built at the site in 1827.[3] A post office called Slate Mills was established in 1860, and remained in operation until 1906.[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slate Mills, Ohio
- ↑ "Mom's Bait Shop". moms-bait-shop.business.site. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ↑ Bennett, Henry Holcomb (1902). The County of Ross: A History of Ross County, Ohio, from the Earliest Days. Selwyn A. Brant. p. 305.
- ↑ "Ross County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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