Pomeroy, county-seat of Meigs, is 220 miles above Cincinnati, on the Ohio river, about eighty-five miles southeast of Columbus, at the terminus of the C. H. V. & T. Railroad, also on the K. & O. Railroad. The surrounding country is rich in coal and salt. There are two factories here for the manufacture of bromine from salt. County officers, 1888: Auditor, J. N. Rathburn; Clerk, H. C. Fish; Commissioners, S. D. Webb, George Frecker, John N. Hayman; Coroner, J. B. Scott; Infirmary Directors, John Alkire, John Short, Thomas H. Gold; Probate Judge, Lewis Paine; Prosecuting Attorney, John H. Lochery; Recorder, Marion Cline; Sheriff, George Titus; Surveyor, M. H. Watkins; Treasurers, George P. Stout, Robert Dyke. City officers, 1888: A. B. Donally, Mayor; William H. Huntley, Clerk; George B. Stout, Treasurer; Thomas Wheatley, Marshal; M. L. Shrader, Street Commissioner. Newspapers: Democrat, Independent, C. I. Barker, editor and publisher; Telegraph, Republican, E. S. Trussell, editor and publisher. Churches: 1 Episcopal, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Methodist, 2 Colored Methodist, 1 Baptist, 1 Colored Baptist, 1 German Catholic, 1 German Methodist, 2 German Lutheran, 2 German Presbyterian, 1 Welsh Presbyterian, 1 Welsh Congregational, 2 Welsh Baptist. Banks: First City, T. A. Plants, president, George W. Plants, cashier; Pomeroy National, H. S. Horton, president, John McQuigg, cashier.
Manufactures and Employees. -- Excelsior Salt Works, 50 hands; Roller Mill Brewing Co., 12; Buckeye Salt Co., 40; Coal Ridge Salt Co., 60; Geyer and Newton, flour, etc., 10; Sugar Run Mill, flour, etc., 5; Pharr & Genheimer, flooring, etc., 4; John S. Davis & son, doors, sash, etc., 10; the Telegraph, printing, 8; J. C. Probst & Son, furniture, 34; McKnight & Fisher, wagons and buggies, 5; Pomeroy Machine Co., engines, etc., 10. -- State Report, 1888. Population, 1880, 5,560. School census, 1888, 1,745; Morris Bowers, school superintendent. Capital invested in industrial establishments, $445,500; value of annual product, $194,000.-- Ohio Labor Statistics, 1887. United States census, 1890, 4,726.