52 topographic sheets and 30 fire insurance atlases across 5 places.
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14 National Register listings, of which 1 are National Historic Landmarks · 49 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1892 to 1946 · the 1883 county history tells 0 stories and names 0 people.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Taken 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Caledonia Bowstring Bridge | structure | 1978 | 78002131 |
 | Harding Tomb | structure | 1976 | 76001485 |
 | Harding, Warren G., House | building | 1966 | 66000618 |
 | Hotel Harding | building | 1980 | 80003154 |
 | King, George W., Mansion--Etowah | building | 1995 | 95001331 |
 | Marion Cemetery Receiving Vault | structure | 1995 | 95001415 |
 | Marion County Courthouse | building | 1974 | 74001572 |
| Marion County Telephone Company Building | building | 2007 | 07000298 | |
 | Marion Township Sub-District #8 School | building | 2007 | 07000027 |
| Marion Women's Club Home | building | 2019 | 100004781 | |
 | Old US Post Office | building | 1990 | 90001777 |
 | Palace Theater | building | 1976 | 76001486 |
 | Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Chapel | building | 1995 | 95000169 |
| Temple and Masonic Block Buildings | building | 2021 | 100006261 |
Marion 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.
Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
Marion, Ohio, 1892 to 1912. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
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.
Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 24 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.
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. 527 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.
The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.
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.
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. 10 of these 49 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.
School
1901 to 1916, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1901 1908 1911 1916
Read elsewhere as Lincoln Public School; Public school.
Church
1892 to 1916, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as First Presbyterian Church.
Church
1908 to 1916, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church.
Saw Mill
1910 to 1916, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Weisel, R. S., Saw Mill.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 9 of them, burning about 334 acres. 0 started naturally and 3 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 332 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | WILDERNESS |
| 4 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 19 November 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 352 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 8 injuries and about $12,697,800 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 203 |
| Hail | 98 |
| Tornado | 17 |
| Flood | 17 |
| Flash Flood | 15 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
| Funnel Cloud | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | 1 killed, $1,300,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved into Marion around 4:10 pm. Numerous trees, large limbs, utility poles and power lines came down during the storm. Reports indicate that many trees fell onto homes, garages and cars throughout the city. One of the houses was damaged enough to be considered destroyed. Between 30 and 35 utility poles had to be replaced because of trees and large limbs falling onto them. One house had three trees fall onto it causing extensive damage. A house in Marion that was being remodeled sustained damage by trees. Three people working on the house quickly took shelter on a porch during the storm, but were injuried when a tree fell onto the roof of the porch and collapsed the roof. A twenty-two year old girl was killed when a large tree limb fell onto the car while she was driving. A passenger in the vehicle survived with injuries. ||Additional support was called in to help clean up in Marion. Electric companies and municipal agencies coordinated to help clean up debris. Estimated costs for clean up in Marion were approximately $91 thousand. 369 loads of debris were cleaned up throughout the city. |
| May 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | 3 hurt, $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Espyville | 1 hurt, $125,000 | Marion County Emergency Management provided evidence of significant wind damage across the Marion area due to severe thunderstorm winds of up to 80 mph. Numerous trees and power lines were downed across the city with several large trees falling onto residences. Winds ripped off a significant portion of a roof of an industrial building on the west side of Marion. Winds also caused the brick facade of a building in downtown Marion to collapse onto a vehicle. The vehicle was occupied at the time of the damage and the female occupant sustained minor injuries. There was also evidence on social media that a gustnado may have formed with the squall line that moved through the Marion area just before 6 pm local time. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | 1 hurt, $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a barn along State Route 309. The roof crashed into a nearby house slightly injuring a man inside. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Meeker | $4,000,000 | An intense line of thunderstorms or Derecho moved across Marion County during the afternoon of June 29th causing extensive damage. Winds were estimated to be as much as 80 mph and a 62 mph gust was measured by an automated sensor on the north end of the county. Over 75 percent of residents lost power during this event. Power was not completely restored till July 5th. Hundreds, if not thousands of trees were downed across the county along with many utility poles forcing the closure of dozens of roads and streets. Damage to homes and buildings was also extensive. Hundreds of homes and buildings lost roofing or siding with many other homes damaged by fallen trees. At least one semi truck was overturned by the strong winds. Clean up costs were extensive. The clean up was hampered by an ongoing heat wave with afternoon temperatures in the upper 90s. Significant crop losses are also expected. Damage from this storm was comparable to the remnants of Hurricane Ike in September 2008. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Meeker | $750,000 | Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to widespread flooding across Marion County. Rainfall totals across the county ranged from one to three inches on February 27th and 28th. Up to ten inches of heavy snow was on the ground at the onset of the rain. This snow rapidly melted as temperatures warmed into the 50s on the 28th. Up to an additional inch of water equivalent rainfall was released from the melted snow. Several people had be rescued from stranded vehicles. Hundreds of homes in the county sustained damage, mainly from basement flooding. Many roads had to be closed because of the flooding. Officially 2.78 inches of rain was measured at the Marion Airport. |
| December 2013 | Flood | La Rue | $500,000 | The Scioto River at La Rue in Marion County Ohio experienced it's worst flood in 50 years (03/05/63 15.95 feet) when it crested at a stage of 14.18 feet on December 22nd. This major flood surpassed the more recent floods February 28, 2011 by only 0.09 feet. The Scioto River will flood the outskirts of town before reaching the city limits. When the river comes out of banks, it quickly fills up the low lying town. The Kiwanis Village retirement community, an apartment complex for seniors inundated as much as 2 feet in some units, and reached the roofs of cars left in the parking lot. 100 people had to be evacuated. Access in and out of town were cut off by flood waters. The floods were the result of heavy rain tha fell on December 21st over saturated ground. Any snow had long since melted and the ground was not frozen. The basin average rainfall was around 3 inches. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Rue | $300,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced a significant downburst which damaged and destroyed several large grain storage silos in the area. A garage roof was blown off and shingles were blown off several structures. A large barn was blown off its foundation. Large tree limbs were downed as well as four power poles. |
| August 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | $300,000 | A weak tornado touched down about four miles west of Marion and remained on the ground for a short time. A garage and two barns were destroyed and a large shed was badly damaged. Numerous trees and power lines were downed and some minor damage occurred to several homes in the area. Most of the damage appeared to be caused by an intense microburst, which accompanied the tornado. Winds were estimated at 80 to 90 miles per hour. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Marion | $250,000 | Ping pong ball to tennis ball sized hail was observed. Damage to homes, vehicles and crops was reported. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Morral | $250,000 | Tennis to golf ball size hail was observed in Salt Rock Township south of Morral. The hail caused an estimated $25,000 in damage to a school building that had over thirty windows broken. Many vehicles in the area were also damaged. |
| May 1989 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 1979 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| January 2007 | Flood | Prospect | $200,000 | Runoff from heavy rains on January 14th and 15th caused the Scioto River at Prospect to go above the flood stage of 9 feet during the early morning hours of January 6th. The river crested at 12.2 feet during the evening of the 17th and fell back below flood stage late in the afternoon on the 18th. Significant flooding occurred on streets north of Market Street and along the Main Street Curve. Several homes in these areas sustained damage from flooding. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Martel | $200,000 | A tornado touched down near Lyons Road approximately four miles west of the Town of Martel. The observed damage path was approximately three miles in length and was oriented west to east. The width of the path varied between 100 and 200 yards. Five homes were damaged and two mobile homes destroyed. One of the mobile homes was found wrapped around a large tree. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Bellaire Gardens | $150,000 | Marion county received between 1 and nearly 5 inches of rain on the evening of the 7th. The heaviest rain fell between 930 and 10 PM, where almost 2 inches fell between the City of Marion and La Rue. The USGS rain gage at La Rue measured 4.71 for a storm total, and gages in Marion ranged from 2.5-4.46. The deluge just before 10 PM was the likely trigger for the overwhelmed storm drainage systems resulting in flash flooding in the city. In all 41 individual water rescues were conducted from trapped motorists, and 11 family homes were evacuated and relocated. Several more homes were flooded, primarily in their basements. Only one home and one apartment complex sustained water damage on the first floor. The water table prior to this event was unusually low, and the rivers and creeks were able to handle the runoff across most of the county with minimal damages or impacts apart from closed roads. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $150,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Marion County and dumped heavy rain on already saturated ground. Spotters reported between one and two inches of rain during the afternoon storms. Streams and rivers in flood or close to flood quickly rose forcing the closure of several roads. State Route 309 near Marion had to be closed because of flood waters greater than a foot deep. Many homes and businesses sustained damage from the flooding. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $150,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Marion County and downed dozens of trees. Scattered power outages were also reported. Several homes, including at least one in Marion, sustained damage during the storm. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $150,000 | Numerous trees were downed, especially around Prospect. In Grand Township, a tree fell on a bridge, collapsing the main span. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prospect | $150,000 | Trees and power lines were downed, some falling on cars and houses and some blocking roads. One house under construction was destroyed. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caledonia | $125,000 | A thunderstorm downburst caused significant damage in and around Caledonia. An older brick building collapsed from the winds. A nearby barn lost it's roof and dozens of trees were toppled. Many power lines were knocked down resulting in scattered power outages. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Marion | $100,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported. Damage to crops and vehicles was reported. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Rue | $100,000 | A line of thunderstorms caused considerable damage in Marion County. A silo was damaged near LaRue and a semi truck was blown over near Marion. Many trees and large limbs were also downed across the area. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the county. The worst damage occurred in the western half of the county. Two cars were damaged by fallen trees in Marion. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in the western half of the county. At least two homes in Marion were damaged by fallen trees. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Prospect | $75,000 | Localized heavy rain moved over southern Marion County on the evening of June 19th starting around 630 PM. The rain peaked around 725 PM with rates measured around 2.5 inches per hour. Storm total rainfall over southern Marion County was between 1.5 and 2.5 inches, with higher amounts measured just south of the county line. This localized heavy rain resulted in flash flooding over the Village of Prospect, and moderate flooding on the Scioto River. The heavy rain caused ponded water up to 2 feet surrounding multiple homes in town. 16 Roads in Marion County flooded. The Scioto River was already in minor flooding, the result of multiple days of rain, when the heavy rain of the 19th pushed it into moderate flood. Two water rescues were conducted, one on Gearheiser Rd. with a semi submerged in about 4 1/2 of water. The second was on Marion Agosta Rd/Prospect Upper Sandusky Rd S. Battle Run, a tributary to the Scioto River on the south side of town was backed up from Battle Street to Park Street. Most of the flash flood impacts were located over the central part of town not typically floodprone due to its distance from the river. Areas impacted include East Street to 6th St, and Gustin Dr south to Park St. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore off a large section of roofing from a building on North Main Street. A large tree nearby was also toppled. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waldo | $75,000 | Two barns collapsed due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $75,000 | An area of heavy rainfall moved over Marion County during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 12th. Locations from LaRue to Martel in northeastern Marion County were affected by the heavy rain. As a result, numerous roads were closed because of flood waters several feet deep. Some of the affected roads included State Route 100 northeast of Martel, State Route 37 north of LaRue, State Route 423 north of the City of Marion, State Route 231 just west of Brush Ridge, and State Route 309 in western Marion County. Rainfall reports across the county ranged from two and four inches during this event. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $75,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed. Trees fell on two houses in the city of Marion. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | $75,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Martel | $60,000 | High water was reported in Tully Township and Martel as heavy rainfall estimated between two and three inches fell over the areas on the night of the 9th and early morning hours of the 10th. Numerous washouts occurred due to excessive runoff and flowing water from tributaries of the Olentangy River. Access into Tully was cut off for the better part of the next day. The flooding occurred in areas that do not usually flood. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $60,000 | Trees and power lines were downed across the county. A large tree fell in Marion and completely destroyed a 24 foot above ground swimming pool. A car was damaged by a falling tree in New Bloomington. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $60,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Marion | $50,000 | Half dollar to ping pong sized hail was observed. Some minor vehicle damage was reported. |
| November 2011 | Hail | La Rue | $50,000 | Hail the size of golf balls was observed. Several vehicles were damaged by the hail. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Rue | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. Numerous power poles were downed as as well. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Waldo | $50,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced quarter to ping pong ball size hail. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Waldo | $50,000 | Thunderstorms produced quarter to ping pong ball size hail. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Northwest Portion | $50,000 | Thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rains on the northwestern corner of Marion County. Storm total radar estimates from that part of the county were 3 to 6 inches. Flooding occurred in many low lying areas with several roads closed at times. Most of this flooding was near Meeker and Larue. Both State Route 309 and 37 were flooded by several inches of water and had to be briefly closed. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Meeker | $50,000 | Thunderstorms dumped up to three inches of rain on the northwestern portion of Marion County. The worst flooding occurred in the Meeker area after a couple small streams left their banks. Several roads had to be closed in this area. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and limbs across the county. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs across the southeastern corner of Marion County. A home in the City of Marion was damaged by a fallen tree. At least two vehicles were damaged by fallen trees. Scattered power outages were reported. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds leveled a barn and damaged another building just outside of Marion. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | La Rue | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large tree limbs. A car was damaged and a mobile home had some skirting torn off. Two small sheds were also blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion Arpt | $35,000 | A 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Marion Airport. Several trees were downed in Marion and a barn just outside of Marion had one third of its roof torn off. A car was also damaged by a fallen tree. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $35,000 | Trees downed countywide. A railroad crossing gate was blown down just south of Marion and several power poles were also downed in and around Marion. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Prospect | $25,000 | Several homes were surrounded by water in Prospect as the Scioto River in Prospect reached moderate flood stage on the early morning hours of June 20th. State Route 203 flooded on the northern side of town, a major thruway in town. Homes north of Market Street were also surrounded by flood waters, with one home on Raymar Court inundated to the first floor. The Scioto River crested at 14.3 feet around 4 AM on June 20th, almost a foot above moderate flood stage. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Owens | $25,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down in a corn field along Benzler Lust Road just to the east of Benzler Road. The tornado tracked northeast for just over a half mile and lifted as it approached Owens Road. A barn near the initial touchdown lost its roof and a tree was knocked down nearby. Some crop damage also occurred. |
| June 2015 | Flood | New Bloomington | $25,000 | The Scioto River came out of it's banks on June 16th and crested around midnight at 13.82 feet, just shy of the 14 feet major flood stage. The river inundated several streets in La Rue which were closed, and some homes and businesses sustained flooding in their basements. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the county. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Martel | $25,000 | After seventeen consecutive days with rain, the heavy rain that moved through northeastern Marion County on July 10th 2013 was enough to produce one more round of flooding. In a matter of 15 minutes, residents say it went from standing water to a flash flood with more than a foot of rushing water from the Hell Branch Run into portions of Caledonia. Some businesses and basements were inundated with water and mud. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Meeker | $25,000 | Torrential rain fell over portions of Marion County as severe thunderstorms moved through the region. Rainfall rates over an inch per hour produced rapid runoff with rapid filling of small streams and creeks. This resulted in the flooding of local roadways. Rocky Fork, Prairie Run, and Grave Creek came over their banks, some by as much as 2.5 feet. The Marion County Engineers office says numerous county gravel roads were flooded and closed. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Marion | $25,000 | After recent heavy rains throughout the area over the past few days, another round of heavy rain moved through the area during the morning hours of the 22nd. With recent rainfall already saturating the ground and bringing streams and rivers to capacity, this additional rainfall led to flooding throughout northeastern Marion County. Tully, Scott, Claridon, and Richland Townships were most affected with many roads closed because of flooding. The water did not recede until the midday hours of the 23rd. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $25,000 | Numerous trees were reported down across the county. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bloomington | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree near New Bloomington. A truck struck the fallen tree resulting in serious injuries to the driver. A second tree was downed near Marion. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees across the county. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Bloomington | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two trees two miles north of New Bloomington. Both trees landed on a house and caused some roof damage. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 23 workings inside this county. 11 still produce and 12 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 12 |
| Limestone, General | 3 |
| Clay | 3 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 3 |
| Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Marbrick Number 1 Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| J.M. Hamilton and Sons Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J.M. Hamilton and Sons Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marbrick Number 1 Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Marbrick Number 1 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Marion Brick Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Marion Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Marion Plant Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tri-County Limestone Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tri-County Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fleming Const. Co Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fleming Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fleming Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Green Camp Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Green Camp Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Penry Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Penry Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Prospect Gravel Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Prospect Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ri Alto Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Union Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Union Aggregates Prospect Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 481 of them, by kingdom 463 animalia, 10 plantae, 8 fungi. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by YPM, Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), UMMZ, Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Reptile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1837 | Sagittaria latifolia Willd. | Plantae | not stated | Frank B | L.1202285 |
 | 1837 | Sicyos angulatus P.J.Bergius | Plantae | in civitatate Ohio | Frank B | L.2988085 |
 | 1892 | Galium circaezans Michx. | Plantae | Prospect | E E Bogue | KU 235334 |
 | 1919 | Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. | Plantae | Edison | W. J. Campbell | NY 370234 |
 | 1919 | Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc. | Fungi | Marion | Lewis H. L. | BPI BPI 452020 |
 | 1919 | Helminthosporium teres Sacc. | Fungi | Marion | MCFARLAND F. T. | BPI BPI 430756 |
 | 1919 | Puccinia graminis Pers. | Fungi | Prospect | MCFARLAND F. T. | BPI BPI 070920 |
 | 1919 | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | Fungi | Marion | MCFARLAND F. T. | BPI BPI 141773A |
The History of Marion County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc; General and Local Statistics; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio 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 | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | Air View Acres, Bellaire Gardens, Chateau Ridge, Colonial Acres, Grandview Estates, Hunters Chase, Marion, Oak Knoll, River Valley Estates, Ruth, Yorkshire Terrace | 123,179 words | 5 |
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 5 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Claridon township · 43314 · On Flat Run · Caledonia quadrangle
12 sheets, 1913 to 1994
Fire insurance: 4 atlases
Montgomery township · 43332 · La Rue quadrangle
10 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Marion township · 43302 · Marion West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1903 to 1986
Fire insurance: 10 atlases
Prospect township · 43342 · On Patton Run · Prospect quadrangle
12 sheets, 1924 to 1992
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Waldo township · 43356 · On Qu Qua Creek · Waldo quadrangle
15 sheets, 1924 to 1992
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Claridon township · 43302 · On Beaver Run · Denmark quadrangle
13 sheets, 1913 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Waldo township · 43342 · Prospect quadrangle
12 sheets, 1924 to 1992
No longer a settlement
Salt Rock township · 43337 · On Morral Run · Morral quadrangle
12 sheets, 1903 to 1986
Pleasant township · 43302 · On Honey Creek · Marion West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1903 to 1986
Pleasant township · 43302 · On Honey Creek · Marion West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1903 to 1986
Pleasant township · 43302 · On Honey Creek · Marion West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1903 to 1986
Green Camp township · 43322 · On Little Scioto River · Marion West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1903 to 1986
Big Island township · 43302 · New Bloomington quadrangle
11 sheets, 1915 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Bowling Green township · 43332 · On Brown Run · New Bloomington quadrangle
11 sheets, 1915 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Big Island township · 43302 · On Rock Swale · Marion West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1903 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Claridon township · 43302 · Marion East quadrangle
12 sheets, 1903 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Big Island township · 43302 · Marion West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1903 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Montgomery township · 43341 · On Rush Creek · New Bloomington quadrangle
11 sheets, 1915 to 1986
Tully township · 43314 · On Mud Run · Caledonia quadrangle
12 sheets, 1913 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Bowling Green township · 43332 · La Rue quadrangle
10 sheets, 1915 to 1986
No longer a settlement
13 topographic sheets and 10 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1949
12 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1896 to 1946
10 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1891 to 1924
15 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1929
12 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1901 to 1924
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 Marion County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
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