Pomeroy, capital of Meigs county, Ohio, between the Ohio River and a range of precipitous hills, 133 miles by rail SE. of Columbus. The mining of coal and the manufacture of salt are the chief industries. It also contains foundries, a woollen-factory, &c. Pop. (1870) 5824; (1890) 4726.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 304
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