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Harrison County, Ohio

80 topographic sheets and 23 fire insurance atlases across 4 places.

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From the record

5 National Register listings · 7 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1897 to 1950 · the 1900 county history tells 0 stories and names 4 people · people the book names include Robert Alexander (Freeport Township, 1900) (machine-read).

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

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What the record shows

  • 4 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Cadiz, Scio, Jewett, Bowerston, between 1887 and 1950.
  • 23 fire insurance atlas(es) survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 980 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places, including 2 houses and farms.
  • 2 of the 5 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 63 populated places in this county; 0 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 1 public-domain county history, 1900, supply 92,937 words of narrative reproduced here in full.

Places on the National Register

5

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 PropertyType ListedReference
Franklin College Building No. 5building198787000687
Harrison County Courthousebuilding197474001524
Harrison National Bankbuilding199393001438
Ourant's Schoolbuilding199494000241
Reaves, John, Housebuilding197777001068

Covered bridges

0

Harrison County holds 0 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Digitised newspapers

14 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Cadiz Democratic Sentinel

Cadiz, Ohio, 1854 to 1864. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Democratic Sentinel

Cadiz, Ohio, 1852 to 1853. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Cadiz Sentinel

Cadiz, Ohio, 1864 to 1911. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

4

Drawn 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.

Bird's-eye view, 1899 - Scio, Harrison County, Ohio 1899
Bird's-eye view (1899) - Scio, Harrison County, Ohio 1899. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1899 - Scio, Harrison County, Ohio
Bird's-eye view (1899) - Scio, Harrison County, Ohio. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1850 - Map of Crawford County, Ohio
Land ownership map (1850) - Map of Crawford County, Ohio. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1862 - Map of Harrison County, O.
Land ownership map (1862) - Map of Harrison County, O.. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 of 2 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 2 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.

"General Custer Hotel", Cadiz, Ohio, Boston Public Library - undated
"General Custer Hotel", Cadiz, Ohio. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

28 of 435 shown

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. 435 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), 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.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-09-01, scale 1:76626
1948-09-01, scale 1:76626. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-09-01, scale 1:76626
1948-09-01, scale 1:76626. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-09-01, scale 1:76942
1948-09-01, scale 1:76942. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-09-01, scale 1:76942
1948-09-01, scale 1:76942. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-09, scale 1:27000
1958-04-09, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-09, scale 1:27000
1958-04-09, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-09, scale 1:27000
1958-04-09, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-09, scale 1:27000
1958-04-09, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:29000
1959-02-25, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:29000
1959-02-25, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:29000
1959-02-25, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:29000
1959-02-25, scale 1:29000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:98201
1971-04-16, scale 1:98201. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:98201
1971-04-16, scale 1:98201. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:96586
1971-04-16, scale 1:96586. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-16, scale 1:96586
1971-04-16, scale 1:96586. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-11, scale 1:24000
1972-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-11, scale 1:24000
1972-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-11, scale 1:24000
1972-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-11, scale 1:24000
1972-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-04-01, scale 1:80000
1976-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-04-01, scale 1:80000
1976-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-04-01, scale 1:80000
1976-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-04-01, scale 1:80000
1976-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

7 stations, 19 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

33 districts

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.

  • 34-1Archer township
  • 34-2Athens township: New Athens village
  • 34-3Athens township - That part outside New Athens village
  • 34-4Cadiz township: Cadiz village: Cadiz village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Bingham Ave., Market; Main
  • 34-5Cadiz village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Main; Market, Deersville Ave., Village limits; Village limits
  • 34-6Cadiz village - That part Bounded by Deersville Ave., Market; Main, South, St. Clair Ave.; Village limits; Village limits
  • 34-7Cadiz village - That part Bounded by Market, Bingham Ave.; Village limits; Village limits; St. Clair Ave., South, Main
  • 34-8Cadiz township - That part northwest of U.S. Hwy. 22, outside Cadiz village
  • 34-9Cadiz township - That part southeast of U.S. Hwy. 22, outside Cadiz village
  • 34-10Franklin township: Deersville village
  • 34-11Franklin township - That part outside Deersville village
  • 34-12Freeport township: Freeport village
  • 34-13Freeport township - That part outside Freeport village
  • 34-14German township
  • 34-15Green township: Hopedale village: Hopedale village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; 5th; High or Main, Cadiz - Steubenville, Miller's Sta. Ave.
  • 34-16Hopedale village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Miller's Sta. Ave., Cadiz - Steubenville, High or Main, 5th, Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 34-17Green township - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 22, outside Hopedale village
  • 34-18Green township - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 22, outside Hopedale village
  • 34-19Monroe township: Bowerston village
  • 34-20Monroe township - That part outside Bowerston village
  • 34-21Moorefield township
  • 34-22North township: Scio village: Scio village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Carrollton; East Port, East Port Rd.; Village limits
  • 34-23Scio village - That part Bounded by East Port Rd., East Port, Carrollton, Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 34-24North township - That part outside Scio village
  • 34-25Nottingham township
  • 34-26Rumley township: Jewett village : Jewett village - That part north of State Hwy. 151
  • 34-27Jewett village - That part south of State Hwy. 151
  • 34-28Rumley township - That part outside Jewett village
  • 34-29Short Creek township: Harrisville village
  • 34-30Short Creek township - That part northeast of U.S. Hwy. 250, outside Harrisville village
  • 34-31Short Creek township - That part southwest of U.S. Hwy. 250, outside Harrisville village
  • 34-32Stock township
  • 34-33Washington township

Businesses named in the atlases

7 businesses

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. 0 of these 7 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, 2002 to 2020

60 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 60 of them, burning about 173 acres. 0 started naturally and 2 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 April 2005Debris and open burning31 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 February 2017Debris and open burning17 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7095
30 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15189
30 March 2005Debris and open burning10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Equipment and vehicle use10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2014Debris and open burning7.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1962 to 2026

60 of 270 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 270 reports for this county, causing 5 deaths, 15 injuries and about $2,890,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind169
Hail45
Flash Flood41
Flood8
Tornado4
Funnel Cloud2
Heavy Rain1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2020Flash FloodUnionvale2 killed, $100,000Numerous areas experienced flooding across Harrison, Carroll, and Tuscarawas county. One and half to three inches of rain occurred in parts of Eastern Ohio. ||Two individuals died in flooded cars near swollen creeks. According to a local newspaper: A womans body was found in her vehicle Saturday afternoon after it was washed off Route 800 north of Stillwater in Tuscarawas County and the body of 17-year-old Jack E. Roehrich, of Freeport, was found in his truck partially submerged in flood water near Skull Fork Road in Harrison County. Roehrich's truck was found near a bridge on Skull Fork Road in a ditch that leads to a larger nearby creek. Roehrich left home at approximately 7 p.m. Friday to look at flooding conditions in the eastern portion of the county. He reportedly contacted his parents at approximately 90 minutes later and said he was on his way home. Authorities said the water where the truck was found was approximately 11 feet deep. The water is believed to have been several feet deep on the roadway when Roehrich tried to drive through the area. ||According to the Ohio Highway Patrol, a female driver ignored the 'road closed' signs on Route 800 near Stillwater in Tuscarawas County on Saturday afternoon. The woman was swept away and killed by the strong current. She did have time to call 911 and relatives in distress.||A woman in Mechanicstown in Carroll County a woman had to be rescued from her home Friday when waters from the Yellow Creek rose to four feet deep inside her house.||Article: https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2020/03/23/two-ohio-motorists-drown-flooded-roads-over-weekend/2897005001/ .
November 2020Thunderstorm WindClendening2 killedMore info: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2020/11/17/bodies-missing-michigan-hunters-found-clendening-lake-ohio/6322047002/||Two men, aged 43 and 60 and residents of south central Michigan, died when an overloaded watercraft, convective wind, and not being prepared for the environmental conditions all played a role in capsizing their boat. Most likely, based on available information, they were very low in the water and became swamped by high wave action. This resulted in them going into the water, and with no personal flotation devices, they succumbed to hyperthermia and drowned.
May 1969Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 14 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 1965Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $2,500no account filed
July 2021Tornado (EF2)New Athens$200,000The path of the tornado began just west of the town of New Athens |where the damage was mainly to soft and hardwood trees. Several |trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado then continued over |the hill toward the town of New Athens. Several large trees were |uprooted and roof damage was observed on both sides of route 9/Main |Street in town.| |The most notable damage occurred in town just off of Culbertson |Drive and McFarland Road. Several trees were snapped low on the trunks |and additional large trees were uprooted. A home on Culbertson lost several |large sections of roof, with pieces found in a field 1.4 miles away. Pieces |of the roof were also found embedded in the ground just east of the home. It was in this area where|the tornado's maximum wind of 115 to 120 MPH was observed. On McFarland, more tree damage was observed. A small shed outside of a garage was demolished, with only the cement pad remaining and a power pole was snapped at the base. ||The path continued down the hill from McFarland along route 519 where |additional power poles were snapped and numerous trees were snapped/uprooted. |Damage was then observed above the next hill on the south side of route 519 southeast |of Ridge Creek Lodge, where beyond a field a grove of hardwoods were snapped or uprooted.|Video footage from this vantage point notes that the tornado did lift a couple of times but |further tree damage was noted on the eastern side of Ross Run before the tornado dissipated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindScio$100,000Widespread wind damage was reported across the county.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTappan Res$100,000Law enforcement reported large trres down and boats blown onto the shore at Tappan Lake.
June 2004Flash FloodBowerston$100,000County roads flooded between Bowerstown and Deersville. Water began to recede after 9 PM EDT and was expected to return to normal by midnight. The flash flood damaged roads (such as routes 8 and 39), culverts, camp sites, and boat docks around Tappan Lake. A bridge was washed out on Route 8.
May 2000Tornado (F2)Scio$100,000An F2 tornado with maximum winds estimated at 120 MPH passed through a 3-mile section of rural Harrison County. The tornado passed over only one residence as it moved to the east but destroyed several items on the property, including a cinder-block garage, a wooden barn, and several outbuildings. A parked truck was lifted and turned about 90 degrees but was otherwise undamaged. There were several large sections of heavily wooded area along the tornado's path which were completely cleared of trees. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
June 1998Flash FloodCountywide$100,000Another round of torrential rains over already saturated ground created flash flooding across the county on the evening of the 28th, continuing through the 30th. Most of the problems in the county were confined to water covering roadways, with the western portion of the county near Freeport and Tippecanoe having the most problems. Several buildings received damage from the flood waters, most of them mobile homes. The county also sustained significant agricultural losses from standing flood water in fields.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Athens$75,000A trained spotter reported large trees down across Route 9 in New Athens.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCadiz$75,000A newspaper reporter called in that the roof had been blown off the Nottingham TWP Community building.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGermano$60,000Two outbuildings were destroyed and debris lofted 30-40 feet up.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindAsbury$50,000Multiple trees and power lines were reported down across the county, and 60 roads were closed due to storm damage.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFreeport$50,000Multiple trees and utility poles were blown down in the Freeport area.
August 2021FloodConotton$50,000State Route 151 closed northwest of Scio due to flooding. Standing water was observed over State Route 646 near Scio and Annapolis. High water was recorded going through a backyard off a nearby creek. State 164 closed north of Amsterdam due to flooding.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000The Department of Highways reported numerous tees down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBowerston$50,000The Department of Highways reported numerous trees down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000Law enforcement reported several trees down along CR 13 in Cadiz.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCadiz$50,000Law enforcement reported trees down in Cadiz.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindJewett$50,000Emergency management reported trees down across northern part of county.
June 2011Flash FloodFreeport$40,000Emergency management reported Birmingham Road and West Muskingum Road closed due to flash flooding.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindCadiz$35,000Law enforcement reported numerous trees down in Cadiz.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDeersville$35,000A trained spotter reported numerous trees down blocking county road 2 near Deersville.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCadiz$35,000Emergency management reported trees down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSmithdale$30,000Law enforcement reported trees down in the Tappen Lake area near SR 250.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$30,000Numerous large trees down.
April 2015Flash FloodBowerston$25,000The 911 call center reported Conotton Creek flooding businesses in town.
August 2014Flash FloodCadiz Harrison Co Ar$25,000Emergency management reported widespread flash flooding in and around New Athens on State Route 9. 3 to 4 feet of water flowing across roads in spots with stranded vehicles.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCadiz$25,000Emergency management reported trees down on Route 250 near Cadiz.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindArcher$25,000Emergency management reported trees down northeast of Tappan Lake.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDeersville$25,000A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down northwest of Cadiz.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Athens$25,000Emergency management reported trees down near New Athans along SR 149.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindEast Cadiz$25,000Law enforcement reported trees down north of Cadiz.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Athens$25,000Emergency Management reported numerous large pine trees snapped off in New Athens.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindJewett$25,000Emergency manager reported trees down on State Route 646 north of Jewett.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindScio$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the towns of Scio and Jewett. In Scio, one tree landed on a house, causing minor damage. Two cars were damaged in Jewett by falling trees.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCountywide$20,000Numerous trees down county-wide.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindHopedale$20,000Trees blown down. Some fell onto cars and houses in Cadiz and Hopedale.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindCadiz$20,000Trees and power lines blown down. Wind damage to building. [CORRECTED TIME]
June 2002Thunderstorm WindTippecanoe$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and partially tore the roof from a house.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJewett$15,000Widespread power outages across the county; numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCadiz$15,000A TV station provided pictures which show large trees down in Cadiz, with some damage to houses noted.
June 2015Flash FloodBowerston$15,000The 911 Call Center reported State Route 151 closed in spots due to flash flooding from Bowerston to Scio.
April 2015Flash FloodBowerston$15,000Emergency management reported Bower Hill Road and Mill Hill Road washed out due to culvert failure.
April 2015Flash FloodFeed Spgs$15,000The 911 call center reported a 10 to 12 foot section of Weavers Run Road washed out.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNew Athens$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Athens$15,000The public reported trees down near New Athens.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindBowerston$15,000Law enforcement reported widespread trees down in Bowerston.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCadiz$15,000Emergency management reported large tree down across U.S. 22 in Cadiz.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCadiz$15,000Numerous trees down county-wide.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTippecanoe$10,000State Route 800 Northbound was closed due to downed trees on the roadway.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPiedmont$10,000Numerous trees were reported to be down in the vicinity of Piedmont Lake Dam.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDeersville$10,000County 911 officials reported that a number of trees were blown down across Harrison County.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindScio$10,000A county 911 official reported that there were a number of trees and power lines down across the town of Scio.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTappan$10,000Emergency management reported a roof blown off Tappan Lake Marina.
April 2015Flash FloodFeed Spgs$10,000The 911 call center reported Plum Run Road washed out north of SR 250.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown$10,000Law enforcement reported trees down on Route 250.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCadiz$10,000Emergency management reported large tree limbs down and wind gusts to 60 mph in Cadiz.

Mines and quarries

4 recorded

The 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
Clay2
Limestone, General1
Stone, Crushed/Broken1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Central Div. Limestone Plant No. 13Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limestone Plant & Mine ConsolStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
BowerstonClayProducer
Bowerston Shale Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Collected here, 1889 to 1971

8 of 210 shown

Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 210 of them, by kingdom 139 animalia, 59 plantae, 12 fungi. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by CM, UMMZ, Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), USDA-ARS, Ohio State University - Bird 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 YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Oxalis stricta, not of this specimen1889Oxalis stricta L.Plantaenot statedL. DickersonNY 327660
A photograph of the species Sinapis arvensis, not of this specimen1889Sinapis arvensis L.Plantaenot statedL. DickersonNY 411141
A photograph of the species Solanum emulans, not of this specimen1889Solanum emulans Raf.Plantaenot statedL. DickersonNY 00823493
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimen1891Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)AnimaliaDennison(2 mi above)Sterki, VictorCM 61.10071
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimen1891Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)AnimaliaDennison(3 mi above)Sterki, VictorCM 61.10220-CM
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimen1891Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)AnimaliaDennison(2 mi above)Sterki, VictorCM 61.10052
A photograph of the species Lampsilis radiata, not of this specimen1891Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)AnimaliaDennison(2 mi above)Sterki, VictorCM 61.10991
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimen1891Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)AnimaliaDennison(2 mi above)Sterki, VictorCM 61.10246

The townships, in 1900

92,937 words

Historical Collections of Harrison County, in the State of Ohio, with Lists of the First Land-owners, Early Marriages (to 1841), Will Records (to 1861), Burial Records of the Early Settlements, and Numerous Genealogies devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 1 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 TownshipSettlements in it LengthSections
Freeport TownshipFreeport, Smyrna92,937 words12

The people it describes

4 named

Everyone Historical Collections of Harrison County, in the State of Ohio, with Lists of the First Land-owners, Early Marriages (to 1841), Will Records (to 1861), Burial Records of the Early Settlements, and Numerous Genealogies stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1900.

Every populated place in the county

63

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 watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 4 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Cadiz, Ohio

17 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1932

Scio, Ohio

12 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1893 to 1950

Jewett, Ohio

14 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1902 to 1950

Bowerston, Ohio

13 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1929

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

5 case files

The vanished settlements of Harrison 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.