104 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.
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9 National Register listings · 24 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1905 to 1949 · the 1861 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | First United Methodist Church | building | 2006 | 06000694 |
 | Foreaker Bridge | structure | 1975 | 75001493 |
 | Hollister-Parry House | building | 1980 | 80003166 |
 | Kindleberger, Frederick, Stone House and Barn | building | 1980 | 80003163 |
 | Knowlton Covered Bridge | structure | 1980 | 80003165 |
 | Monroe Bank | building | 1980 | 80003167 |
 | Monroe County Courthouse | building | 1980 | 80003168 |
 | Mooney, William C., House | building | 1982 | 82003615 |
 | Salem Church | building | 1992 | 92000989 |
Monroe County holds 1 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.
| Knowlton Covered Bridge | Listed 1980, 0 map sheets show this crossing |
Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
Woodsfield, Ohio, 1844 to 1994. 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.
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. 638 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. 7 of these 24 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.
Planing Mill
1923 to 1949, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Burgbagher, J.,Lumber Co.,Planing Mill, &c.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 97 of them, burning about 199 acres. 2 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6131 |
| 19 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | OLD CAMP ROAD |
| 1 December 2012 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12506 |
| 30 December 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TEN MILE WOLFPEN |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 227 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 0 injuries and about $9,850,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 112 |
| Flash Flood | 48 |
| Hail | 41 |
| Flood | 19 |
| Tornado | 3 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 |
| Lightning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Lightning | Lewisville | 1 killed | Emergency management reported lightning struck and killed a 60 year old man out tending cows in an open field in Lewisville. |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Rinard Mills | 1 killed | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Woodsfield | $3,000,000 | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Miltonsburg | $500,000 | A NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF-2 tornado tracked roughly 4 miles from Miltonsburg to Ozark in Monroe County. The tornado was embedded within a wider swath of straight-line wind damage. Maximum wind gusts were near 120mph. There was widespread tree damage and many outbuildings were affected. The most significant damage was located off Minder Road where a house sustained major damage, which consisted of it being shifted off its foundation, windows blown out, and a complete collapse of the attached garage. There was one indirect injury during cleanup efforts. |
| May 1969 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannibal | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $75,000 | Emergency management reported numerous trees down across the southrn half of the county. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Antioch | $75,000 | County officials reported flooding and a mud slide covering portions of county RD 11 south of Antioch. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Cameron | $50,000 | A trained spotter reported flooding in Cameron, with the fire department evacuating several residences due to rising water. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield | $50,000 | Emergency management reported trees down in and around Woodsfield. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield Arpt | $50,000 | Emergency management reported numerous trees down in and around the intersection of Moore Ridge Road and Ozark Eddie Bridge Road. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plainview | $50,000 | The local fire department reported power lines down in Graysville. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $40,000 | Many trees blown down in Beallsville, Cameron, Miltonsburg, Woodsfield. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltonsburg | $30,000 | Emergency management reported large trees down along SR 145 in Malaga Township. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graysville | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees; some fell onto parked cars. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerles | $25,000 | Department of Highways reported trees down on State Route 724. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down in Woodsfield. |
| June 1990 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Calais | $20,000 | The 911 Call Center reported Route 379 closed due to flash flooding. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Calais | $15,000 | The 911 Call Center reported State Route 513 closed due to flash flooding. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beallsville | $15,000 | Fire Department reports large branches and two playground sets overturned in Beallsville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerr | $10,000 | Multiple trees were reported to be down along Ohio Route 800 north of Woodsville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Benwood | $10,000 | A number of trees were downed along State Route 255. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisville | $10,000 | Trees were reported to be blown down in Lewisville. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Woodsfield | $10,000 | Risebeck's Food Market along SR78 is flooded. Numerous other roads were flooded in the Woodsfield area. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $10,000 | Trees were blown down on State Route 255. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarington | $10,000 | Power lines were reported to be blown down. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Rinard Mills | $10,000 | Department of highways reported that state route 26 was closed in both directions about 2 miles north of the Washington and Monroe county line due to high water. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Miltonsburg | $10,000 | Local emergency management reported numerous trees uprooted and sheared off in a path from just off route 145 in Miltonsburg to route 800 from a downburst. Width was approximately 200 yards. |
| December 2016 | Flood | Woodsfield | $10,000 | Emergency management reported flooding of roadways. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Graysville | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported Route 26 to the south of Graysville closed due to high water. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Cameron | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported County Road 29 closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Round Bottom | $10,000 | The 911 Call Center reported flash flooding on County Road 6. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees down in the Antioch area. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | Trees down throughout county. Routes 77, 78, and 800 blocked by fallen trees. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Beallsville | $10,000 | Heavy thunderstorm rains produced basement and roadway flooding. |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $10,000 | Rainfall, falling on top of 4 to 6 inches of new snow, produced rapid rises in creeks and streams across Monroe county. Portions of State Route 78 near the town of Ethel in extreme western Monroe County were closed by high water. Localized flooding was also reported in the extreme southern part of the county on County Road 68 near Rinard Mills along the Little Muskingum Creek. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the county. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew numerous large trees down across the town. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | Numerous trees down countywide. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield | $8,000 | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $5,000 | Trees were reported down along Bracken Ridge Road. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antioch | $5,000 | Department of highways reported trees down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarington | $5,000 | The Department of Highways reported trees down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duffy | $5,000 | A NWS Storm Survey found a micro-burst first developed near Hannibal before crossing the Ohio River into Wetzel county. Numerous trees were damaged. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannibal | $5,000 | The public reports trees down between Hannibal and Clarington. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kerr | $5,000 | Emergency management reported trees down on State Route 78 near Woodsfield. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $5,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| November 2003 | Flash Flood | Sycamore Vly | $5,000 | Route 26 south of Graysville flooded. Flooding on Route 68 south of Mechanicsville. Numerous roads flooded near Sycamore Valley. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Calais | $5,000 | Widespread flooding in both towns. Parts of State Route 26S flooded near Graysville. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lewisville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beallsville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Woodsfield | $5,000 | Several reports of roadway and basement flooding were received in the Woodsfield region |
| February 2000 | Flash Flood | Woodsfield | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall over the area caused streams to rise over bankfull and flow onto SR 26 near Woodsfield. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarington | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodsfield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 11 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 6 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | 3 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 3 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 3 |
| Aluminum, Contained or Metal | 1 |
| Gemstone | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason's House of Flint Mine | Gemstone | Producer | 1969 | |
| Ormet Aluminum Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | 1958 | |
| Christman Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Christman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcdonough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rubels Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rubels Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Zergers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zergers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 778 of them, by kingdom 736 animalia, 26 plantae, 14 fungi, 1 chromista, 1 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by USNM, Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), MIN, INHS, CUMV, CM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1853 | Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) | Animalia | Marietta | not recorded | USNM USNM 2476 |
 | 1853 | Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) | Animalia | Marietta | not recorded | USNM USNM 83508 |
 | 1853 | Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Animalia | Marietta | not recorded | USNM USNM 2179 |
 | 1853 | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | Animalia | Marietta | not recorded | USNM USNM 7576 |
| 1853 | Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827) | Animalia | Marietta | not recorded | USNM USNM 1477 | |
 | 1853 | Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843 | Animalia | Marietta | not recorded | USNM USNM 1000 |
 | 1860 | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | Animalia | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. | unknown | CUMV 89626 |
 | 1860 | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | Animalia | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. | unknown | CUMV 92895 |
Inauguration of the Perry Statue : at Cleveland, on the Tenth of September, 1860; Including the Addresses and Other Proceedings, with a Sketch of William Walcutt the Sculptor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland Township | Bingham, Dwight, Switzer | 22,766 words | 22 |
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 1 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Center township · 43793 · On Moose Ridge · Woodsfield quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Adams township · 43793 · On Pfalzgraf Ridge · Woodsfield quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Switzerland township · 43716 · On Headley Ridge · Cameron quadrangle
15 sheets, 1905 to 1994
Benton township · 45767 · On Pigeonroost Run · New Matamoras quadrangle
18 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Summit township · 43754 · On Bracken Ridge · Summerfield quadrangle
13 sheets, 1909 to 2002
Jackson township · 45767 · On Jims Run · New Matamoras quadrangle
18 sheets, 1905 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Salem township · 43915 · On Sunfish Creek · Powhatan Point quadrangle
15 sheets, 1905 to 1988
Center township · 43747 · On Standingstone Run · Woodsfield quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Bethel township · 45789 · Rinard Mills quadrangle
16 sheets, 1905 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Washington township · 45734 · On Long Run · Graysville quadrangle
17 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Perry township · 45767 · On Greenbrier Ridge · Antioch quadrangle
17 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Ohio township · 43946 · On Fisher Run · New Martinsville quadrangle
17 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Center township · 43793 · On Wheeler Run · Woodsfield quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Franklin township · 43754 · On Robinson Run · Stafford quadrangle
14 sheets, 1903 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Center township · 43793 · On Bondy Ridge · Woodsfield quadrangle
14 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Bethel township · 45734 · On Merrell Ridge · Rinard Mills quadrangle
16 sheets, 1905 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Washington township · 45767 · On Bell Hill · Rinard Mills quadrangle
16 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Ohio township · 43915 · On Litman Run · New Martinsville quadrangle
17 sheets, 1906 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Green township · 43915 · On Pleasant Ridge · Round Bottom quadrangle
18 sheets, 1906 to 2002
Salem township · 43915 · On Stillhouse Run · Powhatan Point quadrangle
15 sheets, 1905 to 1988
No longer a settlement
Jackson township · 43946 · In Johnson Hollow · New Matamoras quadrangle
18 sheets, 1905 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Bethel township · 43754 · On Quail Run · Graysville quadrangle
17 sheets, 1905 to 2002
Benton township · 45767 · On Little Trail Run · New Matamoras quadrangle
18 sheets, 1905 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Ohio township · 43946 · On Watkins Fork · Round Bottom quadrangle
18 sheets, 1906 to 2002
14 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1949
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 Monroe County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
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