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15 National Register listings published here · 21 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1895 to 1921.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fayette County, Ohio
42 topographic sheets and 14 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.
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What the record shows
- 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Washington Court House, Jeffersonville, between 1885 and 1950.
- 14 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
- 518 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 15 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 12 buildings, 2 districts and 1 structure.
- 3 of the 15 listings were added during the 1970s.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 46 populated places in this county; 46 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
- 5 public-domain county histories, 1872 to 1914, supply 43,489 words of narrative reproduced here.
Photographs
13 photographs, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Places on the National Register
15Every 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | William Burnett House | building | 1989 | 89000176 |
 | Fayette County Courthouse | building | 1973 | 73001433 |
 | Judy Chapel | building | 1998 | 98000441 |
 | Barney Kelley House | building | 1979 | 79001834 |
 | Jacob Light House | building | 1989 | 88003191 |
 | Mark Road Bridge | structure | 1990 | 90001118 |
 | William McCafferty Farmhouse | building | 1987 | 87000633 |
 | Rawlings-Brownell House | building | 1988 | 88000207 |
 | Robinson-Pavey House | building | 1987 | 87000638 |
 | Morris Sharp House | building | 1974 | 74001483 |
 | Edward Smith Jr. Farm | building | 1987 | 87002110 |
 | Washington Cemetery Historic District | district | 2006 | 06000765 |
| Washington Court House Commercial Historic District | district | 1985 | 85002351 | |
 | Washington School | building | 2013 | 12001181 |
 | Woodlawn Farm | building | 1986 | 86000237 |
Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps
1Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
Photographs from libraries nationwide
1 shownSelected from the Digital Public Library of America's 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
The county from the air
18 shownFlown 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 323 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 18 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.
Weather records
8 stations, 1 gageThe 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.
- WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE 1916 to 2026, hottest 41.7 C, coldest -32.8 C
- OCTA 1975 to 1983
- JEFFERSONVILLE 1 S 1998 to 2010
- WASHINGTON 3.4 W 2011 to 2013
- WASHINGTON 3.9 ESE 2015 to 2026
- JEFFERSONVILLE 0.1 SSE 2020 to 2023
- WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE 0.6 ESE 2020 to 2026
- WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE 0.3 N 2022 to 2024
- Paint Creek near Greenfield OH 1926 to 2026
The 1950 census, district by district
31 districtsWho 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.
- 24-1Concord township
- 24-2Green township
- 24-3Jasper township: Milledgeville village
- 24-4Octa village
- 24-5Jasper township - That part outside Milledgeville and Octa villages
- 24-6Jefferson township: Jeffersonville village
- 24-7Jefferson township - That part north of State Hwy. 734, outside Jeffersonville village
- 24-8Jefferson township - That part south of State Hwy. 734, outside Jeffersonville village, excluding Radio Landing Station
- 24-9Radio Landing Station (under jurisdiction of Clinton County Air Force Base) (In Jefferson township)
- 24-10Madison township
- 24-11Marion township: New Holland village - That part in Fayette County comprising part of Marion township (Remainder of New Holland village is in Perry township, Pickaway County)
- 24-12Marion township - That part outside New Holland village
- 24-13Paint township: Bloomingburg village
- 24-14Paint township - That part outside Bloomingburg village
- 24-15Perry township:
- 24-16Union township: Union township - That part northeast of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad outside Washington city
- 24-17Union township - That part southwest of Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad outside Washington city
- 24-18Washington township, coextensive with Washington city: Washington city: Washington city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits, Columbus Ave.; Lee
- 24-19Washington city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Lee[; Columbus Ave.; Delaware
- 24-20Washington city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; City limits, Delaware; Gregg; N. North
- 24-21Washington city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Gregg; Delaware; Columbus Ave., E. Court; N. North
- 24-22Washington city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; N. North; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; City limits
- 24-23Washington city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Paint Creek; W. Court, Leesburg Ave., City limits; City limits
- 24-24Washington city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; N. North; E. Court, W. Court; Paint Creek
- 24-25Washington city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by E. Court; S. Huron; City limits; S. Main
- 24-26Washington city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Leesburg Ave., W. Court; S. Main; Oak, High; City limits
- 24-27Washington city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by High, Oak; S. Main; City limits; City limits
- 24-28Washington city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Columbus Ave.; City limits; Washington Ave.
- 24-29Washington city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Court, Washington Ave.; City limits; Pennsylvania Railroad; S. Huron
- 24-30Washington city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Pennsylvania Railroad; City limits; City limits; S. Huron
- 24-31Wayne township
Businesses named in the atlases
21 businessesEvery 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. 3 of these 21 were 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.
Wildfire, 2011
1 fireEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1 of them, burning under an acre. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1958 to 2026
60 of 292 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 292 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 8 injuries and about $7,515,650 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 168 |
| Hail | 67 |
| Flash Flood | 20 |
| Tornado | 18 |
| Flood | 18 |
| Heavy Rain | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1986 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 killed, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| November 1965 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 4 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingburg | 2 hurt, $50,000 | A downburst from a thunderstorm blew a mobile home on its side causing minor injuries to the two occupants. Trees and utility poles were also uprooted and knocked across main roads and railroad tracks. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Rock Mills | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A tornado touched down near Ghormley and traveled east into western Ross County. Three barns were severely damaged, with one man suffering injuries from being trapped in one of the damaged barns. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | 1 hurt, $20,000 | A camper was rolled over and heavily damaged due to thunderstorm winds, injuring a man inside the camper. A semi-trailer truck was blown over on Interstate 71 near the intersection of SR 41. Numerous trees were also downed in the area. |
| September 1990 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Jeffersonville | $250,000 | The tornado appears to have first formed along State Route 734 to the east of West Lancaster Road NW, where minor tree damage was noted. The tornado strengthened to low end EF1 as it crossed Jeffersonville-West Lancaster Road. One outbuilding was destroyed while two other buildings experienced significant removal of roof covering. Several hardwood trees were also snapped. Debris was observed in a field for over 1/2 mile east of Jeffersonville-West Lancaster Road. ||Damage to numerous power poles was noted near the Jefferson Industrial Park and nearby metal roof panels of a service station were removed. Some of the last damage was noted in Jefferson Crossing, where numerous RVs were flipped at a RV business. The tornado dissipated shortly after crossing I-71. |
| May 1983 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Milledgeville | $110,000 | The first sign of tornadic damage was observed near the corner of|Palmer Road NW and Harmony Road. Siding was removed from multiple|sides of a two story home, particularly on the southeast facing|side. Large tree limbs were also knocked down near this residence.||Damage continued to the southeast along Harmony Road and onto|Burnett Perrill Road. Damage primarily affected hardwood trees,|and several large branches were snapped from the trees. The|orientation of the trees exhibited a convergent pattern to the|damage. Siding was also removed from a garage at a residence on|Burnett Perrill Road.||Near the intersection of Burnett Perrill Road and Jasper-Coil|Road, numerous evergreen trees were snapped or uprooted on the|Jasper-Coil Road side.||The tornado moved across a cornfield and then across Bush|Cemetary on Bush Road. Tree damage at Bush Cemetary was extensive|and consisted of both snapped and uprooted trees thrown in|multiple directions. A well-defined swirl was noted in the|cornfield to the southeast of Bush Cemetary.||The most significant damage was observed along U.S. Route 22. Two|homes along the 3700 block of US Route 22 suffered structural|damage. One of the homes suffered partial uplift of the roof and|a significant loss of the covering of the roof. The garage was|also heavily damaged and the front porch was lifted. Leaf and|other debris splatter was observed on all sides of the home.|Spruce trees were uprooted and large limbs from other trees were|broken. The residence located on the opposite side of U.S. Route|22 had shingles and siding removed. An un-attached one car garage|was also destroyed. Damage in this area was estimated to be EF1 in|nature, with maximum winds near 100 mph.||To the southeast of this area, sporadic damage to trees and power|poles was noted, however the damage was more consistent with|straight-line winds. The survey also concluded that damage in the|Jasper Mills area was also caused by straight-line winds. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buena Vista | $100,000 | Multiple trees and power poles were downed across the county, several barns were damaged, and a few houses had siding damage. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Washington Court Hou | $100,000 | Large hail fell causing damage at several local car dealerships. Around 200 vehicles received some damage. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Good Hope | $75,000 | Along the path of the tornado, several trees were snapped and several structures lost parts or all of their roofs. The heaviest damage occurred to a large storage facility which suffered major roof loss and total collapse of the northern half of the structure. On the western edge of Washington Court House there was roof damage to two businesses in addition to tree damage. This damage is consistent with winds around 85 miles per hour. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $50,000 | Around 10 travel campers were overturned at an RV lot. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Yatesville | $50,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed a tornado about five miles north of Bloomingburg. The tornado damaged the flat metal roof of a small barn and a large section of roof from another barn. A large tree in the path of the tornado was also down. The maximum estimated wind speed based on damage was eighty-five miles per hour. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | South of Washington C | $50,000 | Two barns were destroyed. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Bloomingburg | $35,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed that a tornado touched down three miles west of Bloomingburg. Near the beginning of the path one barn was damaged and another barn was destroyed. Further along the path another barn was damaged due to the tornado. The estimated maximum wind speed based on damage was eighty miles per hour. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $30,000 | A barn was collapsed. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | $30,000 | A grain silo was blown over. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrott | $30,000 | A grain elevator was blown down. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $30,000 | A roof of a structure was damaged at the intersection of East Court Street and South North Street. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $30,000 | A barn was destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| October 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Pancoastburg | $30,000 | A brief touchdown flipped over several pontoon boats, destroying at least one. Several utility poles and trees were knocked down along with well-anchored signs being ripped off of a local business. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Jasper Mills | $30,000 | A mini supercell spawned a tornado that moved out of Clinton county into Fayette county. A shed was destroyed, a barn and 2 houses were damaged, and 8 trees were downed. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $25,000 | A large 100 year old tree was uprooted due to thunderstorm winds. Other trees and branches were downed in the area. Two semi-trucks were overturned on Interstate 71. This made a total of 3 semi-trucks overturned on the interstate. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power poles were downed along Creek Road. A barn and a garage were destroyed, along with minor structural damage to the house on the property. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Staunton | $25,000 | A building and pole barn were destroyed along US Route 62. Additionally, the home on the property suffered some siding damage, and a truck sustained significant damage. |
| February 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $20,000 | Silos, power poles, and trees were knocked down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. In addition, damage occurred to a building in the area. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | $20,000 | Structural damage was reported to homes due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Octa | $20,000 | Trees were reported down around the area and a barn was destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $20,000 | A trailer and barn suffered significant damage. A carport collapsed at the same location. A semitruck was overturned on US Route 35. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed. Several trees fell across cars and trailers. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Good Hope | $15,000 | This tornado developed in Clinton County at 0029EST, near Reed Road and State Route 72. The tornado traveled east-northeast and entered Fayette County at 0032EST, just east of Greenfield-Sabina Road at 0032EST. As it continued to move east-northeast, a roof was removed from a barn on Miami Trace Road. More tree damage was noted along Snow Hill Road and Bunkerhill Glendon Road. A silo was damaged on Staunton Jasper Road before the tornado ended. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jasper Mills | $15,000 | A barn was destroyed on Miami Trace Road due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $15,000 | Several structures had windows blown in due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingburg | $15,000 | Farm equipment was overturned, power poles were down, and trees were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. One tree fell onto a home. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $15,000 | A roof was taken off of a mobile home, and a barn was leveled along White Road. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $15,000 | A semi trailer overturned along Interstate 71 near the Jeffersonville exit. A roof was peeled off of a mobile home along Prairie Road. Penny size hail occurred along State Route 41 northwest of Washington Court House. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Bloomingburg | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks | $10,000 | Several power poles were downed across the road. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesboro | $10,000 | A few trees and powerlines were downed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $10,000 | Several power poles were downed in the Jeffersonville area. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bookwalter | $10,000 | A tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate 71 due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingburg | $10,000 | Multiple trees were downed in the area of Bloomingburg due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Good Hope | $10,000 | One family was evacuated from their residence due to flash flooding. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingburg | $10,000 | A small shed was blown onto a road near Bloomingburg. A tree fell onto a garage west of New Holland, producing minor damage to the roof and door. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $10,000 | A garage sustained minor structural damage. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $10,000 | Several trees were downed across the northern and central portions of the county. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Plymouth | $10,000 | A Semi truck was blown over along State Route 218 in Washington Court House and trees were knocked down in South Plymouth. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Washington Court Hou | $10,000 | Several hours of heavy rainfall caused flooded streets. |
| January 2000 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $10,000 | Several hours of heavy rainfall caused water to flood across roads across the county. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $10,000 | Strong winds caused damage to a barn and knocked down several trees. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | Trees downed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $8,000 | A few trees were downed onto power lines. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrott | $8,000 | A few trees were downed and a barn was damaged. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $8,000 | Minor structural damage occurred in addition to trees down around the area. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $8,000 | Several trees and large limbs were downed. A restaurant awning was blown down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Court Hou | $8,000 | Several large trees were blown down on State Route 41 in Washington Court House. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jeffersonville | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees near the outlet malls. |
Mines and quarries
4 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | 2 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Greenfield Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Sugar Creek Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sugar Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Collected here, 1882 to 1975
8 of 279 shownMuseum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 279 of them, by kingdom 262 animalia, 10 plantae, 7 fungi. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), INHS, UMMZ, Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory, Columbus, OH (OSAL), Ohio State University - Mammal Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1882 | Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina (Wallr.) Lév. | Fungi | America borealis: prope Lancaster, Ohio, in foliis Spiraeae tomentosae. | Kellerman, W.A. | M M-0017396 / 23215 / 14738 |
 | 1882 | Spiraea tomentosa L. | Plantae | America borealis: prope Lancaster, Ohio, in foliis Spiraeae tomentosae. | Kellerman, W.A. | M M-0017396 / 23216 / 14738 |
 | 1898 | Phellinus ferruginosus (Schrad.) Pat. | Fungi | College Hill, Ohio | Lloyd, C.G. | M M-0140612 / 216751 / 156765 |
 | 1901 | Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl. | Fungi | Sabina | Hartley C. P. | BPI BPI 119139 |
 | 1907 | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | Animalia | Fairview, Fayette, Ohio, USA | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 696 |
 | 1907 | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | Animalia | Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 716 |
_2.jpg) | 1907 | Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis (Gmelin, 1788) | Animalia | Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 1612 |
 | 1907 | Falco rusticolus obsoletus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | Animalia | Washington C.H., Fayette, Ohio, USA | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 37 |
The townships, in 1914
43,489 wordsHistory of Fayette County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 10 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Township | Staunton | 3,120 words | 5 | |
| Green Township | Buena Vista, Georgetown | 4,615 words | 8 | |
| Jasper Township | Cunningham, Edgefield, Glendon, Jasper Mills, Luttrell, Milledgeville, Octa, Pearsons, South Plymouth | 4,635 words | 2 | |
| Jefferson Township | Blessing, Hagler, Jeffersonville, Luray, Parrott, Pleasant View, Shady Grove, West Lancaster | 3,700 words | 5 | |
| Madison Township | Cook, Madison Mills, Pancoastburg, White Oak, Yankeetown | 2,720 words | 2 | |
| Marion Township | Manara, West Holland | 2,862 words | 0 | |
| Paint Township | Bloomingburg, Bookwalter, Yatesville | 5,832 words | 17 | |
| Perry Township | New Martinsburg | 4,436 words | 6 | |
| Union Township | Eber, Johnson, Jonesboro, Kingfred, Olympia | 6,189 words | 9 | |
| Wayne Township | Boyds, Fairview, Ghormley, Good Hope, McLean, Plano, Rock Mills | 5,380 words | 6 |
The county's history books
623,347 words2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 18 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
History of Fayette County : Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, Private and Official Correspondence, and All Other Authentic Sources (1881)
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Topography | 6,554 words |
| Explorations by La Salle | 2,905 words |
| Chapter with an unread heading (no. 3 of those read) | 10,396 words |
| The Miamis the Miami, Piankeshaw, and Wea Bands | 16,121 words in 2 parts |
| Chapter 9: The War Foe the Fur Trade | 5,262 words |
| Chapter 10: The War for the Empire. Its Loss to the French | 30,849 words in 2 parts |
| Admission of Ohio Into the Union - Political History Early Laws of Ohio | 122,559 words in 8 parts |
| Biographical sketches | 155,808 words in 10 parts |
History of Fayette County Ohio (1914)
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| - Citofwashington Court Houses Cs M Ae | 2,462 words |
| Biographical sketches (1 of 2 so headed) | 20,304 words in 2 parts |
| Chapter with an unread heading (no. 2 of those read) | 18,783 words in 2 parts |
| Chapter with an unread heading (no. 3 of those read) | 6,282 words |
| Chapter 10: The Newspapers of Fayette County | 11,612 words |
| Chapter 11 | 3,738 words |
| Educational History | 28,405 words in 2 parts |
| Reminiscences and Memoirs of Departed Pioneers and Later Settlers | 3,151 words |
| Madison Township | 10,094 words |
| Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed) | 168,062 words in 11 parts |
Every populated place in the county
46Named 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 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
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Jeffersonville
Jefferson township · 43128 · Jeffersonville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1916 to 1986
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
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Washington Court House
Washington Court House city · 43160 · On East Fork Paint Creek · Washington Court House quadrangle
11 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
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Blessing
Jefferson township · 43153 · Near Dumpling Hill · Jeffersonville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1916 to 1986
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Edgefield
Jasper township · 45169 · On Maple Grove Creek · Bowersville quadrangle
11 sheets, 1916 to 1986
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Ghormley
Wayne township · 45123 · On Indian Creek · New Martinsburg quadrangle
11 sheets, 1917 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Glendon
Jasper township · 43160 · On West Branch Rattlesnake Creek · Milledgeville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1916 to 1986
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Jasper Mills
Jasper township · 43160 · On Camp Run · Milledgeville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1916 to 1986
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Johnson
Union township · 43160 · On North Fork Compton Creek · New Holland quadrangle
11 sheets, 1906 to 1986
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Kingfred
Union township · 43160 · On North Fork Compton Creek · New Holland quadrangle
11 sheets, 1906 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Madison Mills
Madison township · 43106 · On Wolf Run · Mount Sterling quadrangle
10 sheets, 1906 to 1986
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Octa
Jasper township · 43160 · On Maple Grove Creek · Milledgeville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1916 to 1986
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Olympia
Union township · 43160 · Washington Court House quadrangle
11 sheets, 1906 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Pancoastburg
Madison township · 43160 · On Lick Run · New Holland quadrangle
11 sheets, 1906 to 1986
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Pearsons
Jasper township · 45169 · Bowersville quadrangle
11 sheets, 1916 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Rock Mills
Wayne township · 45123 · On Wabash Creek · New Martinsburg quadrangle
11 sheets, 1917 to 1986
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Staunton
Concord township · 43160 · On Hankins Run · New Martinsburg quadrangle
11 sheets, 1917 to 1986
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Washington Oaks
Washington Court House city · 43160 · On East Fork Paint Creek · Washington Court House quadrangle
11 sheets, 1906 to 1986
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West Lancaster
Jefferson township · 43128 · On Maple Grove Creek · Milledgeville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1916 to 1986
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White Oak
Madison township · 43143 · On Thompson Creek · Mount Sterling quadrangle
10 sheets, 1906 to 1986
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Yankeetown
Madison township · 43143 · On Long Branch · Mount Sterling quadrangle
10 sheets, 1906 to 1986
The vanished settlements of Fayette County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
Recorded here
Washington Court House, Ohio
11 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1950
Jeffersonville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1921
Everything this county holds
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.
Nomination case files
12 case files- Barney Kelley House
- Edward Smith Jr. Farm
- Fayette County Courthouse
- Jacob Light House
- Judy Chapel
- Mark Road Bridge
- Morris Sharp House
- Rawlings-Brownell House
- Robinson-Pavey House
- Washington School
- William Burnett House
- Woodlawn Farm
The vanished settlements of Fayette County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.