Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Coalton, OH

Coalton is a village in Jackson County in southern Ohio's coal country, and it takes its name from Coal Township, in which it sits.

The village's post office opened in 1879, during Jackson County's coal boom — the county was once the second-leading coal-producing county in Ohio, mining over a million tons in 1888 alone.

Coalton boomed with the mines and peaked at 1,625 residents in the 1900 census, when coal jobs drew hundreds of families to the village.

Coalton has shrunk steadily since the boom; the 2020 census counted 445 residents, and in 2010 the village had 205 households.

The whole village covers only about 0.55 square miles along Ohio State Route 93, and the neighborhood of Englishville lies entirely inside Coalton's limits.

Coalton is the birthplace of James A. Rhodes, who grew up as a coal miner's son and went on to serve four terms as governor of Ohio (1963–1971 and 1975–1983).

Bandleader and songwriter Isham Jones, composer of 'It Had to Be You,' was born in Coalton in 1894, and former Major League outfielder Pat Duncan was also a Coalton native.

A historic miners' supply store building still stands in the village as a reminder of the era when company stores served the local mines.