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Has anyone ever heard of a town called Mudsock near Bellefontaine, ohio?

I't now has a different name, my Greatgrandparents had the only grocery store there. Hardly anyone remembers the town being called that,my Mom does though. I think its called Green , something now. Where could I find pictures?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Mudsock is a town located in Franklin County according to the town locator on Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. However, I have discovered that there has been more than one Mudsock and the one you want is in Logan County, Ohio.

Here are some other Mudsock/ Mud Sock towns

1 Lyons, Indiana - southwest of Indianapolis
2 Fisher, Indiana - verbal report of Michael Huff, Athens resident and former neighbor of the author.
3 Edon, Ohio - on the northern Ohio border near the western border.
4 A recently abandoned postoffice, Mudsock, on the western edge of Columbus, Ohio on the Norwich-Brown township line just south of Hilliard.
5 A former community in Logan County, Ohio, 30-40 miles northwest of Columbus near Bellfountain - attested to by former resident, Charles Rutter, who attended school there as child. *** This is the one your are looking for. ***
6 A community in Hocking County, Ohio near the Hocking River off SR 664 South in an area called West Logan.
7 Cottageville, WV along Route 33 in southwestern West Virginia in Jackson County, southwest of Millwood, and near the Mason County line.

Here is a webpage that talks about the one in Athens County, Ohio.
From a Logan County History I found the following:

North Greenfield is located on survey No. 4,210, of military land. It was surveyed and laid out by S. A. Harbison, County Surveyor, for the proprietor, Henry Van Vheris, June 1847, and the plat recorded November 12, 1848. The place consists of a collection of perhaps a dozen houses, one store, two or three shop, a church and a postoffiice. The town was originally called "Mudsock," from the immense quantity of mud which used to appear there in the winter season.

This was found at

http://www.heritagepursuit.com/logan/log...

I would write to the genealogy society in Logan County if I were you or the historical society. It is likely that one of them has pictures of old Mudsock.