Welcome to Bacon ...

Bacon is located in Coshocton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bacon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Bacon is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bacon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bacon: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Bacon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Bacon - they are located in Delaware, Idaho, Indiana (2), Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bacon.

Communities near Bacon ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bacon.

Coshocton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coshocton is located in Coshocton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,956 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coshocton <4>
Cambridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Guernsey County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <4>
Newcomerstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Newcomerstown is located in Tuscarawas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,727 people
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West Lafayette
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Lafayette is located in Coshocton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,301 people
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New Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Concord is located in Muskingum County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,165 people
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Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden is located in Muskingum County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dresden <4>
Frazeysburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Frazeysburg is located in Muskingum County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frazeysburg <4>
Baltic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Baltic is located in Tuscarawas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
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Warsaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Warsaw is located in Coshocton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
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Port Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Port Washington is located in Tuscarawas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Washington <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bacon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bacon.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bacon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bacon.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bacon. See our Newspapers Page for Bacon.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bacon ...

Looking for more information about Bacon? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bacon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bacon.

Adding Bacon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bacon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bacon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bacon post office opened in 1858. The Bacon post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bacon.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Coshocton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bacon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Bacon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Bacon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/