40 topographic sheets and 24 fire insurance atlases across 4 places.
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3 National Register listings · 28 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1892 to 1915 · the 1920 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Antwerp Norfolk and Western Depot | building | 1980 | 80003205 |
 | Paulding County Carnegie Library | building | 1983 | 83002021 |
 | Paulding County Courthouse | building | 1974 | 74001589 |
Paulding 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.
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. 659 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. 6 of these 28 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.
Church
1905 to 1915, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1905 1913 1913 1915
Read elsewhere as Zion Methodist Episcopal Church,1; Methodist Episcopal Church, -_. 2.
Carriage Shop
1895 to 1901, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Knoedler, J, Carriage Shop.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 205 reports for this county, causing 0 deaths, 8 injuries and about $3,611,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 125 |
| Hail | 49 |
| Tornado | 16 |
| Flash Flood | 11 |
| Flood | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 6 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1974 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Mobile home blown over. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $750,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Paulding | $400,000 | EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH ROADS AND FARM FIELDS WASHED AWAY BY THE FLOODING. |
| June 1989 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 1977 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1974 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Broughton | $200,000 | Several reports of a funnel cloud were received prior to touchdown. The most extensive tornado damage occurred north of Road 82 along road 151 where several structures were impacted. An unanchored home was slid 18 feet off its foundation into the west side of a barn. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Paulding | $150,000 | A narrow band of thunderstorms continuously regenerated over Paulding county during the morning with emergency reporting flash flooding continuing into the afternoon. Numerous roads were closed with some completely washed out. The most serious flooding was around Blue Creek where more than two dozen homes had water into the first floor and some were evacuated. Sandbagging was needed in and around Blue Creek. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $100,000 | The emergency manager reports that eight power poles were downed, and two trees were damaged near Cecil. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $100,000 | Emergency management officials reported that damage was observed along a roughly half mile long path. The damage started near the intersection of county highway C-105 and U.S. 24. Two mobile homes that were attached together, were flipped over, destroying it. As the wind continued east a pole barn next to the mobile home was destroyed. Along U.S. 24, several trees were uprooted in two separate residences. Two homes suffered roof damage as well. The damage ended just across the Maumee River where several large broken tree limbs were found along the river bank. The combined damage is estimated at $100,000. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | $100,000 | Numeorus trees were blown down, including several two foot diameter oak trees and a 25 foot pine tree. Structure damage was also reported in Antwerp as well as northeast of Paulding. Damage is estimated around $100,000. Surveys from local emergency and NWS officials found evidence of the formation of gustnadoes where concentrated areas of damage were observed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latty | $100,000 | WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. 18 POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN ONE STRETCH ALONG CR 107. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Payne | $50,000 | State Route 500 west of State Route 49 and State Route 613 at State Route 637 both closed due to high water. 10 county and township roads also closed. Sandbagging was being done at two residences. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $50,000 | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. ONE HOUSE HAD ITS ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $50,000 | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT PAULDING COUNTY. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batson | $40,000 | Emergency management officials reported that one trailer home was blown off its slab and wrapped around a pole, with another trailer home blown away. Other reports of roof damage were received in the county but no specific locations were given. Damage is estimated at $40,000 for the cost of the trailers. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Knoxdale | $30,000 | Brief EF0 tornado develops south of Road 424 and tracks rapidly|north, crossing the Maumee river. Several homes with minor roof|and siding damage. Numerous trees uprooted and snapped along this|path. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | $25,000 | Photo on Facebook of a large tree down onto a house near the intersection of US 24 and Road 21. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $25,000 | Emergency management officials reported estimated winds of at least 70 mph in many parts of the county with trees and tree limbs down. A tree was reported down onto a garage in the Paulding area. |
| April 1974 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakwood Bauer Fld Ar | $10,000 | Emergency management sent drone footage which shows scoured dirt through a freshly plowed field along road 166 between road 191 and Ohio 66. The track terminates near a large metal outbuilding which lost some roof panels. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haviland | $10,000 | Emergency manager reported thunderstorm wind damage to a shuttered restaurant and outbuilding. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $10,000 | Emergency management officials recorded a 66 mph wind gust in Paulding. A large limb was blown down onto a home in Paulding as well. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxdale | $10,000 | Emergency management officials reported west facing barn doors were blown into the barn with north facing doors blown out. Damage was estimated at $10,000. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | $10,000 | Utility poles were blown down near the intersection of county roads 192 and 49. A chimney was blown down near the intersection of county roads 53 and 220. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | NWS storm survey showed winds estimated between 80 and 100 MPH occurred across the northern part of Paulding county with widespread tree damage and power poles and lines down. Law enforcement reported minor damage to homes. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $10,000 | Large tree limbs down. Damage to a house and car. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Melrose | $10,000 | Metal roof blown off barn and into a house. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | $10,000 | MANY TREES BLOWN DOWN INCLUDING ONE 2 FEET IN DIAMETER |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Payne | $10,000 | Numerous roads closed due to persistent heavy rainfall. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $10,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arthur | $5,000 | Emergency management officials reported a power pole was blown down. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | $4,000 | Several large trees downed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $3,000 | The public reported that a pear tree was split in half. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $3,000 | Emergency management reported trees and power lines down countywide. 16 utility poles were down around Rt 127. Winds gusts were estimated near 70 MPH around Haviland where a grain bin was blown one half mile from its foundation. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | $3,000 | Several trees downed. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haviland | $2,000 | Shed was knocked over and what looked like a piece of the shed's metal siding was ripped off and blown in the field. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | $2,000 | Three to six inch diameter tree limbs were down across the down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $2,000 | Emergency management reported a barn blown down near Cecil. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payne | $2,000 | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haviland | $1,000 | Emergency management reported to construction trailers were blown over at the Wayne Trace High School. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paulding | $500 | Trees down and windows blown out of house. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Latty | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Mandale | - | A second tornado spun up north of the decaying Van Wert tornado, touching down in far southeast Paulding County. The tornado severely damaged a pole barn as it moved into Putnam county. The tornado rapidly moved northeast, hitting a well anchored mobile homed and flipping it 60 feet away. Three occupants were in the mobile home and two of them sustained minor injuries. It is here that the tornado peaked at an EF-2 with an estimated wind speed of 120 mph. The tornado destroyed another well-anchored 60x120 ft pole barn, throwing its debris onto the bank of the Auglaize River. To the northeast, it directly hit the town of Dupont where it did widespread EF-0 to EF-1 damage throughout. The tornado damaged several large corn silos (one that was full of corn had the ground anchor bolts break from uplift). It is near here where the visible damage stopped. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payne | - | Damaging winds, ranging between 60 to locally over 80 mph, caused damage from Payne, OH through Latty and south of Melrose. The most extensive damage appears to have occurred from Payne to Latty where tree damage, minor structure damage and damage to power poles occurred. Tree limbs also fell onto parked vehicles, causing damage. A resident shared a picture on the Paulding County EMA Facebook page, south of Latty showing a home weather station recorded an 83 mph wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | - | Measured 60 mph gusts with car roof anemometer. Large branch snapped off healthy tree. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakwood | - | Several trees down (8 to 10) around town. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Knoxdale | - | A 61 mph wind gust was measured at a mesonet site near Antwerp. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Antwerp | - | A trained spotter reported a few power poles were leaning on State Route 49, north of Payne. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | - | Emergency management officials reported large tree limbs and tree down across the county. Severaal power poles were blown down and two barns severely damaged on State Route 111 between County Roads 133 and 139. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grover Hill | - | Emergency management officials reported a semi was blown over on State Route 637, north of Grover Hill. Driver was briefly trapped but no injuries reported. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haviland | - | Emergency management officials reported Custom Assembly, Inc. on the west side of the village, suffered heavy damage to multiple buildings. Haviland Tile, Inc. had a number of their storage piles of PVC Drainage tile blown over. A semi tractor-trailer was blown over. As far as damage to the residents in the village, was minimal. Small sheds, trees and tree limbs came down, as well as isolated utility lines down. Wind gust to 65 mph were estimated with the wet microburst. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payne | - | A trained spotter reported one to two foot diameter trees were blown down along wind power lines down from falling trees near the corner of Gibson and Merrin Street. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payne | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph with a thunderstorm. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | A survey of damage near Haviland revealed an intense microburst impacted farmland in the area of State Route 114 between Roads 79 and 87. Several swaths of damage occurred with wind speeds in the 80 to 85 mph range. The southernmost swath impacted a 70 foot by 140 foot pole barn, destroying it and carrying debris up to 2 miles to the southeast. A lack of strong anchoring (which is typical for this region) contributed to the destruction and subsequent lowered wind speeds (SBO-8). A grain elevator system collapsed partially. No other structure damage was noted to several other buildings on the property. To the immediate east of the microburst impact and also towards the northeast numerous power poles were snapped in groups of 15 to 20, along Road 107. Recent wet ground, older wood and harmonics of the poles and wires moving. A farm near the intersection of Road 107 and SR 114 suffered no damage to any buildings. Wind speeds are estimated between 80 and 85 mph. The line noted in this entry is the estimated center point of the swath of damage. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 9 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 6 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Limestone, General | 2 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 2 |
| Clay | 2 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 2 |
| Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Portland Inc Peninsular Div | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Auglaize Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Auglaize Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Baughman Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Baughman Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Haviland Clay Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haviland Clay Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paulding Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Paulding Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 1,322 of them, by kingdom 1,322 animalia. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Mammal Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), USNM, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1888 | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | Animalia | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. | S. Meek | USNM USNM 40114 |
 | 1888 | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | Animalia | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. | S. Meek | USNM USNM 40115 |
 | 1888 | Notropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867) | Animalia | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. | S. Meek | USNM USNM 40113 |
 | 1888 | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | Animalia | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. | S. Meek | USNM USNM 40112 |
 | 1893 | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | Animalia | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio | P. Kirsch | USNM USNM 76019 |
 | 1893 | Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animalia | Defiance, Auglaize River | not recorded | USNM USNM 21561 |
 | 1893 | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | Animalia | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio | P. Kirsch | USNM USNM 76134 |
 | 1893 | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | Animalia | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio | P. Kirsch | USNM USNM 76095 |
Paulding County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulding Township | Arena, Briceton, Latty, Paulding, Worstville | 16,022 words | 10 |
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.
Carryall township · 45813 · Antwerp quadrangle
12 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Latty township · 45849 · On Hoaglin Creek · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Paulding township · 45879 · On Opossum Run · Paulding quadrangle
13 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Fire insurance: 7 atlases
Harrison township · 45880 · Payne quadrangle
12 sheets, 1914 to 1986
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
Paulding township · 45879 · On Big Run · Antwerp quadrangle
12 sheets, 1914 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Brown township · 45873 · On Prairie Creek · Continental quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Blue Creek township · 45851 · On Cunningham Creek · Latty quadrangle
12 sheets, 1914 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Brown township · 45873 · On Little Auglaize River · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
Jackson township · 45873 · On Barcer Run · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Auglaize township · 43512 · On Little Flatrock Creek · Junction quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
Carryall township · 43526 · On Tustison Creek · Woodburn North quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Brown township · 45861 · On Little Auglaize River · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
Washington township · 45873 · On Middle Creek · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Carryall township · 45813 · Woodburn North quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Brown township · 45873 · On Prairie Creek · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Harrison township · 45813 · Woodburn North quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Washington township · 45827 · On Dog Creek · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Emerald township · 45821 · Junction quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Brown township · 45873 · On Little Auglaize River · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Harrison township · 45880 · Woodburn South quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1992
No longer a settlement
Washington township · 45827 · On Dog Creek · Oakwood quadrangle
10 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
13 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1892 to 1944
12 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1893 to 1929
12 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1944
10 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1899 to 1928
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 Paulding County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
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