Walhonding, Guernsey County, Ohio

Coordinates: 39°54′16″N 81°29′50″W / 39.90444°N 81.49722°W / 39.90444; -81.49722
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Walhonding, Ohio
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GNIS feature ID1065447[1]

Walhonding is an unincorporated community and coal town in southeastern Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.

Walhonding was a former mining community and home to two mine shafts known as walhonding mine no. 1 and walhonding mine no.2. Today little remains reflecting this history besides a large slate pile and a few abandoned mining homes. The roads in this area reflect the names of former residents many of which were of Czech and Slovak ancestry.

References

  1. ^ "Walhonding". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.