Coal Grove

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Coal Grove

Total population

2,022

Median home value

$94,500

12.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$61,250

Coal Grove$61k

National$74k

Elevation176 m

Land area5.3 km²

Coordinates38.49°, -82.64°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Coal Grove is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,889 at the 2020 census. It borders the city of Ironton and lies across the Ohio River from Ashland, Kentucky. It is linked to Ashland by the Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge and Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Billy Ray Cyrus

American country singer and actor

Lynndie England

American soldier convicted of war crimes

Jillian Hall

American professional wrestler

Bill McCutcheon

American actor (1924-2002)

Keith Whitley

American country singer (1954–1989)

Wynonna Judd

American country singer (born 1964)

M

Megan Neyer

American springboard diver, platform diver, world champion, psychologist

Bobby Bare

American country singer

Paul Fannin

Republican governor of and U.S. Senator from Arizona (1907–2002)

Marion Tinsley

American checkers player (1927–1995)

B

Butch Miles

American jazz drummer (1944–2023)

Brandon Webb

American baseball player

Clyde McCoy

American jazz trumpeter and recording artist (1903–1990)

D

David F. Edwards

American physicist

E

Elza Jeffords

U.S. representative from Mississippi (1826-1885)

R

Ron Cyrus

Kentucky-born Democratic politician (1935-2006)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ohio

• Hanging Rock
  6.8 mi away
• Chesapeake
  10.7 mi away
• Franklin Furnace
  14.8 mi away
• Athalia
  17.7 mi away
• Miller
  18 mi away
• New Boston
  24.2 mi away
• Minford
  28 mi away
• Friendship
  28.8 mi away
• Lucasville
  32.6 mi away
• McDermott
  32.8 mi away
• Gallipolis
  33 mi away
• Kanauga
  35.6 mi away

Browse all places in Ohio →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Coal Grove

Bridge across Ohio River between Ashland, Ky., and Coal Grove, Ohio

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce · 1926

Flood insurance study

1989

Bridge across the Ohio River at Ashland, Ky

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce · 1928

Polk's Ironton (Lawrence County, Ohio) city directory

R.L. Polk & Co

Piceance Basin

2003

The united States songster

1836

Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn

Samuel Curtis Upham · 1878

The history of Detroit and Michigan

Silas Farmer · 1884

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Triangulate Combfoot

Steatoda triangulosa

Seen 2026-09-25

Tan Jumping Spider

Platycryptus undatus

Seen 2026-09-25

Cooper's Hawk

Astur cooperii

Seen 2026-09-25

American sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-24

Northern Black Widow

Latrodectus variolus

Seen 2026-09-24

Heptagonal Orbweaver

Gea heptagon

Seen 2026-09-23

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Seen 2026-09-21

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Seen 2026-09-20

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).