San Toy, Ohio
San Toy is a ghost town in southeastern Bearfield Township, Ohio, Perry County, Ohio, United States. A flourishing community in the early 20th century, it was a coal town created by the Sunday Creek Coal Company.
Remains of a wall in San Toy
Decline
According to the 1930 census, San Toy was the town in the United States whose population had decreased the most per capita since the previous census (976 in 1920 to just 128 in 1930).[1] In 1931, 17 of the 19 registered voters voted to abandon the town. Today approximately 50 people live in the area that was once San Toy. Many foundations and roads of the once busy town remain. A local road is named in its honor.
See also
References
- 1930 Census of Population and Housing, Volume I, 857. United States Census Bureau, 1930; accessed 2009-08-26.
- Ben Hayes, San Toy: A Ghost Town in the Hocking Valley Coal Fields (Ohio Folklore Society, 1959)
External links
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| Villages |  Map of Ohio highlighting Perry County | |
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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