Barnesville (Ohio)

• Chamber of Commerce

  phone: +1 740 425-4300
  address: 130 West Main Street

State Route 800 runs through the town north and south. It connects to Interstate 70 six miles north of the town. State Route 147 runs roughly east and west through the town.

There is no public transportation. Driving or walking across Barnesville is quick and easy.

• Dickinson Cattle Company

  address: 35500 Muskrat Road
  A 4,500 acre ranch built on reclaimed strip mine. Home of up to 1,500 registered Dutch buelingo, Texas longhorn, and African watusi cattle. Tour covers history of horned cattle in Ohio, Johnny Appleseed, Hopalong Cassidy, Ohio governor Wilson Shannon, and Hanging Judge Isaac Parker. See cattle being trailed and branded on this working cattle ranch.

• Barnesville Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Depot

  address: 300 East Church Street
  On site is the depot building, caboose #C-1974, and just down the walking trail is the railroad tunnel.

• Barnesville Petroglyph

• Barnesville Pumpkin Festival

  phone: +1 740 425-2593
  Local festival that began in 1964 and now attracts more than 100,000 people annually. Pumpkin growers compete to grow the heaviest pumpkin each year, crowned the King Pumpkin. (Current record was set in 2007 and weighed in at 1,289 1/2 pounds.) Other attractions at the festival include an Antique & classic car show, crafts, new and antique farm machinery, live music on multiple stages, and contests for hog calling, tall tales, and tobacco spitting. The event reaches its peak attendance on Saturday for the Giant Pumpkin Parade.

• Victorian Mansion Museum

  phone: +1 740 425-2926
  address: 532 North Chestnut Street
  Fully restored, twenty-six room Romanesque style mansion. Sights include carved woodwork, moldings, mantels and doors, as well as 22k gold decorations, decorative locks, hinges and gas and electric lighting fixtures. Houses one of the largest collections of original clothing from the 1890s in Ohio. Annual Christmas tour runs from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

• Watt Center for History and The Arts

  phone: +1 740 425-1497 or +1 740 425-2655 ext 204
  address: 475 Watt Ave
  The original office building of the Watt Car and Wheel Company. Exhibits including coal history, business, industry and agriculture.

• Barnesville Antique Mall

  address: 202 North Chestnut Street
  Three floors of tools, furniture, glass china, quilts, pottery including Roseville and Weller, primitives, etc.

• Bless Your Heart Folk Art

  phone: +1 740 425-9289
  address: 157 East Main Street
  Quaint little store full of primitive and country decor, candles & diffusers, curtains, wallpaper, quilts, calendars, wooden signs, garlands, all occasion cards and other unique gifts.

• Avenues of Barnesville

  phone: +1 740 425-1453
  address: 132 East Main Street
  Gifts, home decor, jewelry, cards, etc.

• The Raven Pickers

  phone: +1 740 619-0196
  address: 134 West Main Street
  They sell antiques, vintage, mid century, and what they call "good junk".

• Antiques On The Main

  phone: +1 740 425-3406
  address: 108 North Chestnut Street

• Paula' Primitives

  phone: +1 740 238-6105
  address: 112 S Chestnut St
  They make and sell custom handmade crafts and primitive decor.

• Annie K's

  phone: +1 740 425-3456
  address: 777 East Main Street
  Family owned, small town restaurant featuring home cooked meals. Hosts murder mysteries, comedy shows, and live bluegrass and other music.

• China One

  address: 201 South Chestnut Street

• My Pizza Place

  address: 123 East Main Street

• Home Pizza

  address: West Main Street

• D & J's Pizza Parlor

  address: 112 East Church Street

• Bob's Pizza and Sub Stop

  phone: +1 740 425-3333
  address: 110 East South Street
  Pizza, subs, wings, onion rings, pepperoni rolls, calzones, etc. Alcohol and cigarettes can be purchased as well. They also deliver locally.

• Blue Moon Tavern

  phone: +1 740 425-3038
  address: 126 W Main St
  Large selection of beer including 3 kinds on tap plus a full bar. Bar menu features wings. Jukebox/ATM. Periodic live music

• Ed's Place

  phone: +1 740 425-3456
  address: 787 East Main Street

• Harrison House Apartment

  phone: +1 740 238-0956
  address: 501 East Main Street
  Features a private three-bedroom apartment with a private entrance. The recently remodeled apartment has a full kitchen and semi-private bath. You can choose from one or three fully furnished bedrooms with two queen sized beds and one double bed. All bedrooms have cable television and wireless internet.

• Sleep Inn & Suites - Belmont

  phone: +1 740 782-1298
  address: 41371 Reco Road, Belmont, OH

Local Media

• WBNV

  phone: +1 740 425-9268
  address: 175 E Main St
  Barnesville's hometown radio station, a member of the AVC Communications Inc. family. Broadcasts Cleveland Indian baseball games and local high school football, basketball, and baseball for the Barnesville Shamrocks and Monroe Central Seminoles.

• Barnesville Enterprise

  phone: +1 740 425-1912
  address: 166 East Main Street
  Weekly local newspaper covering western Belmont County, in operation for over 140 years. It is the oldest active, continuously operated business in the village.

• Barkcamp State Park: 125 Electrified campsites and featuring hot showers, picnic tables, and firerings. Pets allowed in designated areas. Swim, fish, boat, or hunt (in designated areas). 65330 Barkcamp Road, +1 740 484-4064
• Barnesville Memorial Park: Fish or boat on 12-acre Park Lake. Watch baseball or softball on one of three lit ball fields, one housing a covered grandstand. Lit horseshoe pit, basketball courts, tennis courts and volleyball court. Two walking trails that wind around Park Lake. Also home to the villages 4 July fireworks display.