Editing Neffs, Ohio (section)

==History==
A post office called Neffs has been in operation since 1892.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Belmont | title=Belmont County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref> Besides the post office, Neffs had a sawmill and gristmill.<ref>{{cite book|last=Caldwell|first=John Alexander|title=History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: And Incidentally Historical Collections|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbelmont00cald|year=1880|publisher=Historical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofbelmont00cald/page/n319 280]}}</ref> The local Neffs (or Neife) family came to Belmont County from [[Switzerland]] via [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Maryland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=McKelvey|first=A. T.|title=Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens|url=https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor00mcke|year=1903|publisher=Biographical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor00mcke/page/495 495]}}</ref>

On March 16, 1940, at approximately 11:00am EST, an explosion at Hanna Coal Company's No. 10 Mine at Willow Grove occurred, killing 72 men.<ref>Nash, Jay Robert, ''Darkest Hours, 1976, Chicago: Nelson-Hall, Inc, p. 385</ref>

Neffs was also the birthplace of model and actor [[Ken Clark (actor)|Ken Clark]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography: Ken Clark|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ken_clark|access-date=June 8, 2020|website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>