Kelsey, Ohio

Kelsey is an extinct town in Belmont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Kelsey in 1882, and remained in operation until 1930.^[2] The community was named after William J. Kelsey, the original owner of the town site.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kelsey (historical)
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kelsey Post Office (historical)
↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 68.

Municipalities and communities of Belmont County, Ohio, United States

County seat: St. Clairsville

Cities	Martins Ferry St. Clairsville

Villages	Barnesville Bellaire Belmont Bethesda Bridgeport Brookside Fairview‡ Flushing Holloway Morristown Powhatan Point Shadyside Wilson‡ Yorkville‡

Townships	Colerain Flushing Goshen Kirkwood Mead Pease Pultney Richland Smith Somerset Union Warren Washington Wayne Wheeling York

CDPs	Bannock Glencoe Lafferty Lansing Neffs Wolfhurst

Unincorporated communities	Alledonia Anvil Armstrongs Mills Badgertown Baileys Mills Barton Blaine Boston Businessburg Captina Centerville Colerain Crescent Dilles Bottom Egypt Fairpoint Farmington Hendrysburg Hunter Jacobsburg Key Lamira Lloydsville Maynard McClainville Pleasant Grove Riverview Sewellsville Somerton Steinersville Stewartsville Tacoma Temperanceville Uniontown Warnock

Ghost town	Kelsey

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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