Comet, Jackson County, Ohio

Comet is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States. It is located at 39.11583°N, -82.55111°W, on the western edge of Wellston.

Comet was originally founded along the Ohio Southern Railroad as a company town for the Comet Coal Company, operating the Comet mine nearby. As of 1895, there were 60 miners and 24 day-laborers employed at the mine.