Armenia, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Belpre Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45742. It sits by Rock Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Lubeck quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lubeck quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lubeck quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lubeck quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lubeck quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Lubeck quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Belpre township, in the words of 1902.
The First Death
that occurred in the new settlement was that of Captain Zebulon King, who was assassinated by the Indians May 1, 1789. While busily engaged in clearing his lot in the middle settlement, he was shot and scalped, it is supposed by two Indians who had escaped from Fort Harmar, where they were confined by reason of their treacherous conduct towards the whites during the previous summer at Duncan's Falls.
In the 1902 county history
36,149 words on this townshipThe county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Belpre Township covers established in 1790, boundaries, topography, quarries, beauty of scenery, general washington's purchase.
Read the chapter on Belpre Township - 36,149 words.
Fires nearby
39 since 1995The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Armenia (historical) between 1995 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | 5809 DUPONT ROAD |
| 11 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BROADMOORE ADDN |
| 4 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WALKER LANE |
| 30 July 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WALKER LANE |
| 4 June 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | MATHENY FARM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 285 shownMuseums hold 285 specimens collected within 10 miles of Armenia (historical) between 1877 and 1974: 138 Fungi, 129 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. C. Kinsey, Archer W. A., Archer, W. A. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl. | 1922 | E. Bartholomew | |
![]() | Gymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl. | 1937 | Blickle, A.H. | Parkersburg |
![]() | Petrova houseri Miller, 1959 | 1954 | W. Miller | Veto |
![]() | Inula helenium L. | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | Parkersburg |
![]() | Sonchus asper (L.) Hill | 1877 | Guttenberg, G. | Parkersburg |
![]() | Amaranthus spinosus L. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Parkersburg |
![]() | Clinopodium vulgare L. | 1878 | Guttenberg, G.* | Parkersburg |
![]() | Scutellaria nervosa Pursh | 1878 | Guttenberg, G. | Parkersburg |
![]() | Rorippa palustris var. fernaldiana (Butters & Abbe) Stuckey | 1891 | C. F. Millspaugh | Parkersburg. |
![]() | Uromyces asclepiadis Cooke | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | Belpre |
![]() | Botryosphaeria ribis Grossenb. & Duggar | 1927 | Shear C. L. | Parkersburg |
| Coniothyrium Corda, 1840 | 1927 | Martin G. Hamilton | Parkersburg |
All 285 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Armenia (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amax Specialty Metal/Washington Wva | Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Griffin Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hocking | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Redbush | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Porterfield | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Blennerhassett View | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Fillmore | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Corner | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rockland | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Belpre | 7.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067265. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.


























