84 topographic sheets and 37 fire insurance atlases across 7 places.
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11 National Register listings · 31 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1895 to 1950 · the 1883 county history tells 0 stories and names 2 people · people the book names include Joseph Rodgers (Monroe Township, 1883) · William Spencer (Reading Township, 1883) (machine-read).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bowman Mill Covered Bridge | structure | 1978 | 78002169 |
 | Glenford Bank | building | 1990 | 90000389 |
| I.O. of R.M. Building | building | 1976 | 76001507 | |
 | Mitchell, Randolph, House | building | 1978 | 78002170 |
 | New Straitsville School | building | 2001 | 01000590 |
 | Parks Covered Bridge | structure | 1974 | 74001590 |
 | Perry County Courthouse and Jail | building | 1981 | 81000449 |
 | Saint Joseph's Catholic Church | building | 1986 | 86002267 |
 | Sheridan House | building | 1980 | 80003208 |
 | West School | building | 1980 | 80003207 |
 | Whitmer, Soloman, House | building | 1979 | 79001924 |
Perry County holds 2 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.
| Bowman Mill Covered Bridge | Listed 1978, 0 map sheets show this crossing |
| Parks Covered Bridge | Listed 1974, 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.
Somerset, Ohio, 1873 to 1977. 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 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
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. 495 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 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. 12 of these 31 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
1910 to 1926, named in 4 atlases
Appears in 1910 1913 1916 1926
Read elsewhere as Methodist Episcopal Church, __ 2; Methodist Episcopal Church, .--. ; Episcopal Church.
Saw Mill
1895 to 1901, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Snyder, Wm.,&Co.,Planing &Saw Mill.
Works
1916 to 1926, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Water Works & Pump Hse.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 233 of them, burning about 586 acres. 0 started naturally and 12 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 November 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2302 |
| 21 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2510 |
| 23 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3048 |
| 10 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 711 |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10586 |
| 12 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11230 |
| 18 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2615 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 359 reports for this county, causing 0 deaths, 13 injuries and about $10,347,800 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 218 |
| Hail | 69 |
| Flash Flood | 42 |
| Flood | 15 |
| Tornado | 12 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1965 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 5 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1981 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1965 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| March 1986 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Carthon | 1 hurt, $500,000 | This tornado originiated in Fairfield County, but got stronger in western Perry County. The damage path widened as it crossed several north to south oriented roads. A convergent damage pattern was evident. Large trees were snapped along Avalon Road. A greater swath of tree and structural damage was along Otterbein Road. The damage path widened to as much as 800 yards, though the southern portion of the path was dominant. The tornado unleashed it worst winds as it continued east to encounter Palomino Road and County Township Road 138. At this stage, there was aproximately a 1 mile long and 100 yard wide path of EF2 strength winds, estimated at 110 to 120 mph. A manufactured home on Palomino Road was missing 95 percent of it roof covering and 40 to 50 percent of the roof supports and interior ceilings were missing. The woman inside was injured when a hallway door struck her in the back. There were at least 2 eyewitnesses to the actual tornado. Almost a mile east on County Township Road 138 a cluster of houses was heavily damaged. The worst damage was a newer 2 story single family home, but seemed to be of the manufactured home quality. Its roof and garage were completely blown off and thrown away. The tornado began to weaken as it headed across County Road 25. The tornado further weakened during its final 1.5 miles, ending near the intersection of County Roads 122, 123, and 134. About 8 homes were destroyed in this tornado. |
| May 1973 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 hurt, $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 1978 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornville | $1,000,000 | Numerous large branches and trees fell across Perry County. Over 10,000 customers lost electricity. One shelter was set up in Crooksville High School in which 28 people stayed overnight. Fire houses were used as cooling stations and also to feed citizens. Some private stores gave away their foods before it would spoil. ||Public damage which includes damages to roads and clearing debris was on the order of $600,000. There was one indirect death to a 69 year old male that occurred in the Thornville vicinity. He had health issues, but the lack of electricity in the aftermath of the storm contributed to his death. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Junction City | $350,000 | Small stream flooding occurred. ||The rainfall maximum affected the headwaters of Sunday Creek and Moxahala Creek. The water from Sunday Creek drained south through Corning, causing a dozen evacuations in town. The water was 4 feet over Route 13 in Corning. The water from Moxahala Creek flowed north and northeast. Its waters rose rapidly and flooded portions of Crooksville. Around 16 units of an apartment complex called Village Green was flooded. Water was as much as 3 feet deep. Also in Crooksville, a mobile home park and some homes along China Street were flooded. Around 15 people were evacuated in Crooksville. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction City | $300,000 | Most of the damage was concentrated along Route 94 or Garey Road, to the north and east of the town of Junction City. Trees were uprooted, power lines downed, and a roof was blown off a farm house. Several other roofs were damaged. Bales of hay were thrown about pastures. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Milligan | $250,000 | The western Perry County tornado lifted, but its associated rotating thunderstorm continued moving over the central portion of the county. A new tornado touchdown occurred near Melon Hill Road about 3 miles east of New Lexington. This tornado reached its peak intensity as it crossed near the curved portion of Route 92, about 3 miles south of Crooksville. The EF1 damage was about 300 yards wide and roughly a mile long, including roofs and portions of roofs blown off several structures. Peak winds in this vicinity were estimated at 100 to 110 mph. This tornado continued for a slight distance into northwestern Morgan County. The tornado was weakening as it crossed the county line.||The total damage from the 2 tornadoes in Perry County included 12 homes with minor damage, 16 homes with major damage, and 8 homes destroyed. |
| August 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 1978 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington | $200,000 | Several large trees fell about town. A roof to a funeral home was also blown off. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Junction City | $185,000 | A tornado touched down on Jackson Township Road 371 and moved east, along County Route 9, known as Pen Road. A slate roof of a house was ripped off and a modular home was shifted several inches off its concrete block foundation. Further east, the roof to a trailer was ripped off. On Palomino Road, the tornado destroyed a barn and garage. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruno | $175,000 | An attached garage collapsed onto 2 vehicles parked inside along Route 256. A shed was destroyed and siding was ripped off a house. Numerous trees were blown down. Power poles were damaged along Township Route 87.||Peak wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | New Straitsville | $175,000 | The community of Corning was most affected by the flooding along Sunday Creek. Five houses sustained major damage. About 100 citizens were evacuated , while 25 residents were sheltered. Flooding also occurred along Federal and Wolf creeks. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bruno | $120,000 | Straight line winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph by a National Weather Service survey. This caused damage along a path that was about a half mile wide and 2 miles long. One tree fell onto a house. A mobile home and a school had sections of their roofs ripped off. Several residents had siding or shingles removed by the wind. |
| April 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Bruno | $100,000 | An EF0 tornado skipped along a roughly 1.25 mile path. Damage indicators were sparse, however, three pull-behind campers were tossed around at the beginning of the path near Ridenour Road in a convergent pattern and tree damage at the end of the path also indicated a convergent pattern. A single wide mobile home, just off Ridenour Road, was shifted 3 to 4 feet off its foundation. Another trailer had roof damage and debris blown through the windows on the west facing side, and another outbuilding further east along the path had the roof ripped off. Several trees along the path were either uprooted or snapped. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Glenford | $100,000 | Heavy rainfall on the morning of the 13th lead to flash flooding across northern Perry County. As runoff from this rain worked its way through the water system, Jonathan Creek remained out of its banks into the afternoon of the 14th. Some residents were evacuated due to the high water. About a dozen homes and outbuildings were surrounded by water on South Main Street. High water marks indicated 6 to 9 inches of water made it into the first floors of some homes. A 100-barrel oil storage facility was also damaged by the water. Some oil spilled into the flood waters. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Corning | $100,000 | Heavy rain from thunderstorms fell over the headwaters of Sunday Creek, north of town. The water surged through the town, flooding several buildings. The American Legion building had about 8 inches of water inside. The rail bed to the Conrail tracks was damaged. The cooperative observer at New Lexington measured 2.9 inches of rain in a 24 hour period that included this time span. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Roseville | $90,000 | Streams flooded and closed roads. Moxahala Creek flooded portions of Crooksville and Roseville. A low income apartment complex in Roseville had water in a few units. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington | $75,000 | Numerous trees and large branches were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington | $75,000 | A 10 foot section of roof was blown off a nursing home. Some shingles were damaged on nearby homes. A few trees were also uprooted. A garage door was buckled in by the wind. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Roseville | $70,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey team found damage consistent with an EF1 tornado with estimated maximum wind speeds of 100 mph. The first damage was found along Township Road 71A, west of Roseville, where trees were blown down, swirls were seen in a hay field, and the roof of a porch was blown off. From there damage continued east southeast crossing State Route 93 into the town of Roseville and eventually Muskingum County. In Roseville, many trees were downed, several power poles were snapped, and an awning was blown off a house, which also sustained siding damage. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornville | $50,000 | A bow echo type event with winds estimated at around 75 mph damaged outbuildings and caused an old barn to collapse. Several old and large trees were snapped. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington and | $50,000 | Numerous trees were downed. Some crops were damaged by large hail. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Thornville | $30,000 | Multiple creeks across northern Perry County flooded following heavy rain. The majority of the flooding was along Jonathan Creek, Honey Creek, Bowling Green Creek and their smaller tributaries. Many roads were closed due to high water, including Route 204 and 668 between Thornville and Mount Perry. Zartman Road was closed west of Thornville, and Blackbird Lane was closed north east of Thornville. Honey Creek Road was also closed just west of Thornport. Township Roads 21 and 390B both had sections washed out. A vehicle drove into high water along Boundries Road and the driver had to be rescued by the fire department. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corning | $30,000 | The county sheriff reported numerous trees were knocked down. A few homes received minor damage. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Thornville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Flood | Ziontown | $20,000 | Near the intersection of Mount Perry Road and Coopermill Road, flooding along Painter Run caused the road to collapse. Flooding along Jonathan Creek cause high water on State Route 204 near Glass Rock Road. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Roseville | $20,000 | Small streams feeding into Moxahala Creek quickly flooded roads. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington | $20,000 | Trees were blown down. A gust to 65 mph was measured at a school. |
| May 2000 | Hail | New Lexington Arpt | $20,000 | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooksville | $15,000 | A NWS survey team found that strong straight line winds of 80 to 90 MPH resulted in tree damage to a mixture of softwood and hardwood trees just south of Crooksville. The results of the survey indicated that straight line winds were |responsible for the areas of tree damage noted just south of Crooksville.|Tree damage initially began on either side of Flint Ridge Road, consisting |of a mix of hardwood and softwood trees that were either uprooted or snapped|off. Additionally, a porch awning was lifted up and over a mobile home. Tree|damage continued east-northeast to Tunnel Hill Road across from the water |plant. A narrow swath of significant tree damage was noted, with several large, |healthy softwood trees either uprooted or snapped off. The damage continued |along Ceramic Road, where additional damage occurred to a mix of hardwood and |softwood trees. Notably, a softwood pine was snapped off and landed on a home |on the east side of Ceramic Road. The damage ended just east of Ceramic Road. |All damage along this path was lying in a northeast direction. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shawnee | $15,000 | Trees were blown down. There was damage to 1 roof and chimney. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Mt Perry | $15,000 | Jonathan Creek and its smaller tributaries flooded roads around Mt Perry with about a foot of water. Further south in the county, other roads saw minor overflow from small streams. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornville | $15,000 | Trees were blown onto power lines. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Crooksville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Carrington | $10,000 | West Branch Sunday Creek exceeded its banks and flooded several roads in the local communities, the first floor of a couple homes, and a church. Water spilled onto Route 312 at the Fairfield and Perry County line. Portions of State Route 668 were closed due to flooding. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthon | $10,000 | Near the town of Carthon, wind damage was observed to a cabin as well as numerous trees were blown down. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington | $10,000 | Thirty-five trees were downed across the New Lexington township. Several power poles and lines were also knocked down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carthon | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds flipped a camping trailer and carport along Pen Road. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Mainsville | $10,000 | Up to one foot of water collected on the midway at the Perry County Fairgrounds due to flooding on Rush Creek. The amusement rides were shut down for the afternoon, but reopened in time for the evening events. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crooksville | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Thornville | $10,000 | One local downpour drifted south through extreme northern Perry County. This was in the vicinity of eastern reaches of Buckeye Lake. Roads were flooded from the county line on south toward Thornville. This included Boundary Road. Water was 1 foot deep on Honey Creek Road and Route 13. No dwellings were affected. ||Rain estimates were over 3 inches in less than 2 hours. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rendville | $10,000 | Trees were blown down, including on Route 70. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction City | $10,000 | Trees fell onto Route 37. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington | $10,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Mt Perry | $10,000 | Rains of 2.25 inches fell in 75 minutes at a gauge near Crooksville. Jonathan Creek and Moxahala Creek flooded roads. Urban street flooding occurred in Crooksville. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Maxville | $10,000 | Monday and Little Monday Creeks flooded roads and fields. Flooding to dwellings was minor. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Maxville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Glenford | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Lexington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseville | $8,000 | In the town of Roseville, several trees were blown down, one of which fell onto a car. Strong winds also resulted in a shed being blown away. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Somerset | $8,000 | Trees fell onto power lines causing electrical outages in town. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 23 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 15 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Clay | 14 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 5 |
| Limestone, General | 2 |
| Clay, Coal | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busse Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Donnelly Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Greendale Minerals Lease | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Busse Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Glass Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Glass Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cannon Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cannon Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Columbus Clay Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Columbus Clay Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Crooksville Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Junction City Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kishler Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kishler Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Kishler Trucking & Mining Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ludowici-Celadon Donnelly Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nutter Brothers Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rush Creek Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rush Creek Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Turkey Run Mine Johnson City Clay | Clay | Producer |
Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 447 of them, by kingdom 349 animalia, 58 plantae, 33 fungi, 5 protozoa, 2 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), CM, Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), NY, YPM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1890 | Phaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk. | Plantae | Rendville. | W. C. Werner | NY 02676621 |
 | 1891 | Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener | Plantae | Rendville | W. C. Werner | NY 510549 |
 | 1891 | Anthoceros punctatus L. | Plantae | Rendville | not recorded | NY 227932 |
 | 1891 | Ascocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf | Fungi | not stated | W. A. Kellerman | NY 3418209 |
| 1891 | Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin | Plantae | not stated | W. C. Werner | NY 517546 | |
 | 1891 | Callicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum | Plantae | Rendville | W. C. Werner | NY 563177 |
 | 1891 | Frullania eboracensis Gottsche | Plantae | Rendville | W. C. Werner | F C0076186F |
 | 1891 | Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand | Fungi | [Specific locality illegible.] | W. A. Kellerman | NY 3419938 |
1883 History Perry 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 10 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Township | Clover Hill, Redfield, Rehoboth, Saltillo, Wesley | 5,721 words | 0 | |
| Coal Township | New Straitsville, Straitsville | 2,138 words | 1 | |
| Hopewell Township | Chalfants, Glass Rock, Glenford, Yost | 3,686 words | 0 | |
| Jackson Township | Asbury, Clarksville, Crossenville, Junction City, Salem | 2,952 words | 1 | |
| Madison Township | Mount Perry, Sego | 3,252 words | 0 | |
| Monroe Township | Alabama Hill, Buckingham, Chapel Hill, Congo, Corning, Drakes, Hamburg, Hatfield, Hoboken, Millertown, Rendville | 3,203 words | 1 | |
| Pike Township | Bristol, Claybank, Dicksonton, Dixie, Mainsville, New Lexington, Wilbren | 16,644 words | 0 | |
| Pleasant Township | Moxahala, Oakfield, Oconorville | 2,407 words | 0 | |
| Reading Township | Avlon, Carthon, New Reading, Somerset, Wellan | 20,608 words | 1 | |
| Thorn Township | Bruno, Firemans Park, Thornport, Thornville, Walser, Ziontown | 165,003 words | 1 |
Everyone 1883 History Perry County, Ohio 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 1883.
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 7 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Monroe township · 43730 · In Happy Hollow · Corning quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Fire insurance: 7 atlases
Harrison township · 43731 · On Snake Run · Crooksville quadrangle
13 sheets, 1910 to 1984
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Pike township · 43764 · On Oxawoosie Creek · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Coal township · 43766 · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Salt Lick township · 43782 · On Shawnee Creek · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Reading township · 43783 · Somerset quadrangle
11 sheets, 1909 to 1984
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Thorn township · 43076 · Thornville quadrangle
14 sheets, 1909 to 1992
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Monroe township · 43730 · On Irish Ridge · Deavertown quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Jackson township · 43748 · Junction City quadrangle
13 sheets, 1907 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Harrison township · 43731 · On Black Fork · Crooksville quadrangle
13 sheets, 1910 to 1984
Monroe township · 43730 · In Happy Hollow · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Salt Lick township · 43782 · On Pine Run · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Hopewell township · 43739 · On Painter Creek · Somerset quadrangle
11 sheets, 1909 to 1984
Jackson township · 43748 · On Turkey Run · Junction City quadrangle
13 sheets, 1907 to 2002
Pike township · 43764 · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Harrison township · 43731 · On Black Fork · Crooksville quadrangle
13 sheets, 1910 to 1984
Pike township · 43764 · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Monroe township · 43730 · In Happy Hollow · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Thorn township · 43076 · On Honey Creek · Thornville quadrangle
14 sheets, 1909 to 1992
Hopewell township · 43739 · On Painter Creek · Glenford quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1992
Salt Lick township · 43782 · In Jobs Hollow · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Monroe township · 43730 · In Happy Hollow · Corning quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Salt Lick township · 43730 · On Pine Run · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Harrison township · 43731 · On Black Fork · Crooksville quadrangle
13 sheets, 1910 to 1984
No longer a settlement
Jackson township · 43748 · On Turkey Run · Junction City quadrangle
13 sheets, 1907 to 2002
Salt Lick township · 43730 · On Pine Run · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Harrison township · 43764 · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Pike township · 43764 · On Oxawoosie Creek · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Monday Creek township · 43138 · In Lime Kiln Hollow · Gore quadrangle
14 sheets, 1907 to 2002
Salt Lick township · 43782 · In Dixie Hollow · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Harrison township · 43731 · On McLuney Creek · Deavertown quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Bearfield township · 43731 · On Pussy Creek · Deavertown quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Pleasant township · 43764 · New Lexington quadrangle
14 sheets, 1911 to 2002
No longer a settlement
Coal township · 43766 · On Salt Run · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Salt Lick township · On Pine Run · New Straitsville quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Thorn township · 43076 · On Hickory Island · Thornville quadrangle
14 sheets, 1909 to 1992
Thorn township · 43076 · On Bowling Green Creek · Glenford quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1992
Reading township · 43783 · On Somerset Creek · Somerset quadrangle
11 sheets, 1909 to 1984
No longer a settlement
Bearfield township · 43731 · On Little Run · Deavertown quadrangle
15 sheets, 1911 to 2002
Hopewell township · 43739 · On Bowling Green Creek · Glenford quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1992
14 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1950
14 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1893 to 1950
15 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1896 to 1933
15 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1896 to 1926
11 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1943
14 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1893 to 1926
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 Perry County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
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