Welcome to Ball ...

So far, we found very little information about Ball. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ball to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Ball - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Ball, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Ball , we believe that it would have been located within present day Knox County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ball, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Time Zone: The area where Ball was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Ball ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Ball - they are located in Arkansas (2), Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

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

Adding Ball to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ball was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Ball post office opened in 1850.

We also found Ball in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ball.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcountyohio.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ball, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/