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Avondale, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Plain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44708. The Survey maps it on the Canton West quadrangle.

Avondale within Stark County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Avondale, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Avondale, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1881 county history

1,386 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Plain Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Plain Township - 1,386 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 430 shown

Museums hold 430 specimens collected within 10 miles of Avondale between 1836 and 1975: 373 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M. Rogers, Anson A. Hinkley, Antonio, T. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of unnamed1907Bruce Fink
Specimen of Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872Catocala flebilis Grote, 18721940not recordedNavarre
Specimen of Pemphigus Hartig, 1839Pemphigus Hartig, 18391948C. MohrMassillon
A photograph of the species Carex granularis, not of this specimenCarex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Carex intumescens, not of this specimenCarex intumescens Rudge1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1875not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Archilochus colubris, not of this specimenArchilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Hylocichla mustelina, not of this specimenHylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1885not recordedCanton
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Molothrus ater, not of this specimenMolothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1885Bulley, R. HCanton

All 430 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 20 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Avondale: 12 producers, 7 past producers, 1 plant. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Canton Ohio Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Ohio Ferro-Alloys/ Canton, OhioIronProducer
Sme QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stark County MinesClayProducer
American Sand & Gravel Plant #2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Central Allied Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Central Allied Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Columbus Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Stark County

Storms nearby

6 since 2015

The National Weather Service names Avondale in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023Thunderstorm WindAvondale$50,000Roof blown off at Glenwood Intermediate School in North Canton.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindAvondale$50,000Twenty-seven vehicles at Malone University had windows and windshields damaged or destroyed from wind blown gravel from a deteriorating parking lot.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAvondale$32,000A swath of wind damage occurred from Plain Township and northern Canton, extending southeast to Louisville. A trained weather spotter reported 10 power poles were brought down by thunderstorm winds on 44th Street between Cleveland and Market Streets. Multiple people were trapped in an SUV due to the downed poles. Trees were down in the area of Interstate 77 and Fulton. One 7 inch diameter tree was down on a house. Additional power lines were reported down in Louisville near Route 44 and North Columbus Street.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindAvondale$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in North Canton.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAvondale-Large tree snapped in a park in Canton.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAvondale-Large healthy tree snapped at Founders Hall at Malone University in Canton.

Every storm recorded in Stark County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Belvidere0.2 miles17
Lake View Heights0.3 miles17
Ridgedale0.4 miles17
Lakeside Heights0.6 miles17
Fulton Heights0.7 miles17
Parkridge0.8 miles17
Lakeview Heights0.9 miles17
Sweetbriar0.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048476. 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.

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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.