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11 National Register listings published here · 10 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases of 1911.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
61 topographic sheets and 15 fire insurance atlases across 3 places.
11 National Register listings published here · 10 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases of 1911.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Carroll County Courthouse | building | 1974 | 74001406 |
![]() | John Herrington House and Herrington Bethel Church | building | 1983 | 83001949 |
![]() | John Herrington House and Herrington Bethel Church | building | 1983 | 83001949 |
![]() | Patrick Hull House | building | 1982 | 82001362 |
![]() | Kilgore Union Presbyterian Church | building | 1995 | 95000166 |
![]() | Daniel McCook House | building | 1970 | 70000486 |
![]() | Petersburg Mill | building | 1970 | 70000487 |
![]() | Henry and Mary Pottorf House and Farmstead | building | 1995 | 95000171 |
![]() | St. Mary's Of Morges | building | 1977 | 77001047 |
![]() | Van Horn Building | building | 1987 | 87001375 |
![]() | Wheeling and Lake Erie RR Minerva Station | building | 1992 | 92001246 |
Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
Carrollton [Ohio], 1834 to 1861. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 610 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 24 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
























The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. None of these 10 was named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 111 of them, burning about 575 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1441 |
| 4 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 November 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 820 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12909 |
| 19 November 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 387 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 15 injuries and about $4,890,600 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 249 |
| Hail | 66 |
| Flash Flood | 42 |
| Flood | 12 |
| Tornado | 11 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 |
| Lightning | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1954 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 killed, 3 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Lightning | Carrollton | 6 hurt | Lightning injured 6 people at a soccer game as they sat in lawn chairs. Some were holding umbrellas. Lightning struck the umbrella of a 37-year old man. He was critically injured. Three other adults and 2 children were slightly injured. |
| June 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicstown | 2 hurt | Two people were injured by a falling tree north of Mechanicstown. Numerous trees and branches were downed across the county by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1994 | Hail | Magnolia | 1 hurt | An 11 year old boy was injured when struck by lightning in Martinsville. Large hail damaged some crops in the Magnolia area. |
| November 1988 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Watheys | $500,000 | A ground and aerial drone survey confirmed two distinct and |adjacent tornadoes, which were spawned from a supercell |thunderstorm that tracked southeast across Washington and Lee |Townships in Carroll County, Ohio...and then into Springfield and |Ross Townships in Jefferson County, Ohio. These findings are |consistent with two hook echoes/rotational couplets on NWS Doppler|Radar in Pittsburgh.||This section outlines the first tornado track across Carroll |County. The tornado touched down at approximately 4:59pm along |Channel Rd NE and Cobbler Rd, where damage to a farm residence, |wood-framed metal roof shed, and crops were observed. Some damage |indicators included flattening of corn, blown-out windows, and a |wind-toppled chimney.||Several trees were blown down along Parma Rd, as the tornado |continued to the south-southeast.||The tornado then proceeded over rural, hilly woodland west of |Cinder Road (aka CR67). To further inspect glimpses of embedded |tree damage, a drone was launched from a gas well access road, and|discovered a long, continuous path of extensive tree damage. A |several hundred yard section along one of the hill peaks was |nearly completely deforested with hundreds of large trees |completely snapped and uprooted. An EF-2 rating was assigned to |this area, with a maximum estimated wind of 120 MPH.||The tornado continued downhill toward the gas well site, with the|last tree damage observed just prior to reaching Bay Rd. As this |tornado rapidly dissipated, a second tornado formed approximately |1 mile to the east-southeast. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $500,000 | Trees were downed at a number of locations, some on power lines, vehicles, and buildings. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | New Hagerstown | $250,000 | Video confirmed a brief tornado occurred beginning at the Leesville Lake South Fork Marina and continuing northeast across Leesville Lake. Rapid development was noted as a narrow, intense ground circulation appeared, tossing docks and pontoon boats. Based on the destruction of a tree in tandem with the destruction of non-DIs evident in the video and the visual of rotational speed of the ground circulation, the peak wind in this small tornado is estimated to be around 80 MPH. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Palermo | $150,000 | Emergency management reported water flowing out of the spillway from Stoney Creek Dam and flooding McGuire Creek down to Leesville lake. SR 37 and East Side drive were washed out in spots. Sand and gravel were washed into basement of one home. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherrodsville | $100,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down from Sherrodsville to Leesville. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Amsterdam | $100,000 | 75 to 150 trees were blown down in a 4-mile stretch in Loudon Twp, on roads Poppy, Post, Province, Germano, Raindrop, and Amsterdam. A roof was ripped off a mobile home on Post Rd. A few barns were damaged. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Mechanicstown | $75,000 | Law enforcement reported SR 524 closed by landslides and flooding from Mechanicstown southeast to the county line. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Malvern | $75,000 | Emergency management reported flooding countywide as most creeks out of their banks and flooding roadways. |
| March 2010 | Flash Flood | Pekin | $75,000 | Law enforcement reported rock slides and flash flooding on Arrow Road near Malvern. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Sherrodsville | $75,000 | Emergency management reported Conotton Creek flooding in Sherrodsville with numerous streets closed in town. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malvern | $75,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down near Malvern between Route 43 and Route 9. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $75,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Carrollton. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Carrollton | $60,000 | The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed an EF1 tornado in the city of Carrollton on Saturday afternoon May 25th.|||The tornado touched down in a wooded area off of Crest |Street then lifted briefly across Canton Road NW before tearing the top of a |large hardwood tree behind the McDonald's. The worst of the damage |was an overturned single wide mobile home. There were shingles off |several other mobile homes within the mobile home park. A metal shed |was also destroyed. Intermittent touchdowns continued causing minor |damage and shingles off the roofs of a few homes along N Lisbon |Street. Numerous hardwood trees behind the aforementioned street |were snapped mid way up in a ravine. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicstown | $50,000 | The Carroll County ODOT office reported numerous trees down throughout the county. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dellroy | $50,000 | The Carroll County ODOT office reported numerous trees down throughout the county. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dellroy | $50,000 | Numerous instances of wind damage were noted in Dellroy. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kilgore | $50,000 | An NWS storm survey found a front porch broken off a home and the roof lifted...with damage to outbuildings and a grain silo. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherrodsville | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported powerlines down in Sherrodsville. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malvern | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported large trees down on Citris Road near Malvern. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Carrollton | $50,000 | County officials reported Canton Road and Alamo road flooded due to heavy rain. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Scroggsfield | $50,000 | An EF1 tornado was confirmed by a NWS storm survey with a maximum wind speed of 90 MPH. A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado that touched down 10.5 miles east of Carrollton in eastern Carroll county for almost a mile and one half and exited Carroll county just north of the intersection of of Township Highway 317 and SR 164 around 1701EST. The tornado continued into northwest Jefferson county before dissipating around 1705EST 4 miles northeast of Bergholz with a total path length of approximately 4 miles. The maximum width was about 300 yds. The tornado was EF1 in both counties with trees toppled or snapped. Structural damage included a porch roof, shingles off roofs, broken windows and siding torn off homes. A chimney was knocked down and numerous outbuildings suffered roof or wall damage. A large tree also fell on a mobile home. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported multiple trees down in Carrollton. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $50,000 | Emergency management reported trees down in Carrollton. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $50,000 | Basement flooding reported at several locations across the county. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Near Waynesburg | $50,000 | Numerous trees were downed. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $49,000 | Several power poles snapped and trees uprooted in Carrollton including concentrated damage on East Main Street. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherrodsville | $45,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and power lines down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pattersonville | $40,000 | Emergency management reported trees down in Augusta. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dellroy | $35,000 | The 911 call center reported trees down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton Prsns Arp | $35,000 | Law enforcement reported a large tree knocking down power lines at the intersection of SR 171 and SR 9. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamartine | $35,000 | Law enforcement reported large trees down south of Carrollton. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morges | $35,000 | Emergency management reported trees and power lines down in Magnolia. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harlem Spgs | $35,000 | Emergency management reported trees down in Harlem Springs. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $35,000 | Emergency management reported trees down in Carrollton. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dellroy | $35,000 | Emergency management reported trees down in Delroy. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Lamartine | $30,000 | State official reported homes inaccessible from flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $30,000 | The public reported trees down. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dellroy | $30,000 | A microburst, with an estimated wind of 60 mph (52kt), struck near Atwood Lake, producing a swath of damage along Menlo Drive off Route 542. The microburst was 200 yards long and 50 yards wide. Numerous tall pine trees were snapped. A few fell onto houses and sheds. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wattsville | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down near Route 524. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minerva Jct | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed by wind around Minerva. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malvern | $25,000 | Emergency management reported numerous large trees down. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $25,000 | Emergency management reported a tree fell on a car. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Lamartine | $25,000 | An NWS storm survey found an EF-1 tornado that touched down northwest of Kilgore and dissipated southwest of Amsterdam in Carroll county. Damage was first noted along Route 332 south of Petersburgh, OH where trees were downed or snapped off. This damage continued southeast along Aster Road, with low end EF-1 damage to hardwood trees. Tree damage continued along Raindrop Road and Pronto Road, with high end EF-1 damage to trees along Pronto road. Damage then rapidly ended near Cavalry Road as the tornado dissipated. Maximum winds were estimated to be from 100 to 110 MPH, with a path length near 9 miles. The maximum path width was 150 yards. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Harlem Spgs | $25,000 | An NWS storm survey found tornado damage mainly to trees along the path just over one half mile north of Amsterdam. Maximum EF-0 winds were estimated at 85 MPH. A tree fell on a porch roof and destroyed it, with numerous power lines down. Power was not restored for several days. The maximum path width was 175 yards. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malvern | $25,000 | The 911 call Center reported trees and wires down on Citrus Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leesville Res | $25,000 | The 911 call center reported trees down southeast of Sherrodsville. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morges | $25,000 | The 911 call center reported trees down on S.R. 524 near Magnolia. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamartine | $25,000 | The Department of Highways reported trees down on State Route 332. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lamartine | $25,000 | The 911 call center reported trees down. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Carrollton | $25,000 | Emergency management reported several roads still closed due to stnading waters as well as from creeks still out of their banks. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scroggsfield | $25,000 | Emergency management reported trees down south of Mechanicstown. |
| March 2010 | Flash Flood | Augusta | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported SR 9 closed due to flash flooding near Augusta. |
| March 2010 | Flash Flood | Augusta | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported SR 9 closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton Prsns Arp | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down north of Carrollton. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 16 workings inside this county. 6 still produce and 10 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Clay | 7 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 4 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 1 |
| Limestone, General | 1 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | 1 |
| Iron | 1 |
| Flagstone | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conotton Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Conotton Valley Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| I J Smith Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Puskarich Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | Producer | ||
| Puskarick Limestone Div. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Louis Petros Sons, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Malvern Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Malvern Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oneida Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Malvern Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Mineral City Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mineral City Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Minerva Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Minerva Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Zito Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zito Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 455 of them, by kingdom 344 animalia, 106 plantae, 5 fungi. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), CM, UMMZ, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV), Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), CUMV among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.
The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.
| Photograph | Year | Species | Kingdom | Where | Collector | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1896 | Puccinia monardae J.W.Baxter | Fungi | Near Middleburg | Ashcraft | WIS WIS-F-0042019 |
![]() | 1905 | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | Animalia | New Hagerstown | Ortmann, Arnold E | CM 61.1627 |
![]() | 1905 | Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | Plantae | Bowerston | Ortmann, A.E. | CM CM448281 |
![]() | 1905 | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | Animalia | New Hagerstown | Ortmann, Arnold E | CM 61.1601 |
![]() | 1924 | Xylaria cubensis (Mont.) Fr. | Fungi | Indian Lake | Leonard E. C. | BPI BPI 584644 |
![]() | 1927 | Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832) | Animalia | not stated | C.W. Baker | MSU MSUC_ARC_262353 |
![]() | 1927 | Pleurotus ulmarius (Bull.) P.Kumm. | Fungi | Bowerston | not recorded | BPI BPI 760736 |
![]() | 1928 | Ambloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | Animalia | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM 10848 |
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 3 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Center township · 44615 · On Town Creek · Carrollton quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Brown township · 44644 · On Pipe Run · Malvern quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Fire insurance: 4 atlases
Orange township · 44675 · On Thompson Run · Bowerston quadrangle
13 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Monroe township · 44675 · On Dellroy Creek · Dellroy quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Center township · 44615 · On Town Creek · Carrollton quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Orange township · 44695 · On Semple Run · Bowerston quadrangle
13 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Union township · 44615 · On Bear Hole Run · Dellroy quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Union township · 44615 · On Gantz Creek · Carrollton quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Union township · 44615 · On Bear Hole Run · Carrollton quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Orange township · 44615 · On North Fork McGuire Creek · Bowerston quadrangle
13 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Orange township · 44695 · On Semple Run · Bowerston quadrangle
13 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Orange township · 44695 · On North Fork McGuire Creek · Bowerston quadrangle
13 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Orange township · 44695 · On North Fork McGuire Creek · Bowerston quadrangle
13 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Union township · 44615 · On Bear Hole Run · Dellroy quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Monroe township · 44675 · On Dellroy Creek · Dellroy quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Union township · 44615 · On Honey Run · Carrollton quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
Orange township · 44695 · On North Fork McGuire Creek · Bowerston quadrangle
13 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Union township · 44615 · On Friday Creek · Carrollton quadrangle
16 sheets, 1910 to 1994
The vanished settlements of Carroll County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
16 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1945
13 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1929
16 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1899 to 1929
The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.
The vanished settlements of Carroll County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.