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Bakersville, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Adams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43832. It lies near Hothem Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fresno quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Bakersville within Coshocton County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bakersville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bakersville, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 printed 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 county-history sources

12,013 words on this township

Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876; History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Adams Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

One-half of this township was military land, and the other half Congress land. Much of the latter was entered after the township was organized, which was in 1832. "Wm. Addy was the first tax-paying freeholder (in 1819). Among the earliest settlers were Robert Corbit ; James Jones, who, while the region was yet a part of Oxford township, served as justice of the peace, and his brother Wm. Jones ; Wm. Norris, from Virginia, whose distinction was that of having twenty-one children ; Thomas Powell, an emigrant from England ; John Baker, the founder of Bakersville, coming from New Jersey ; another branch of the Norris family settled near Bakersville, and of a somewhat later date, but still in before the township was organized ; the Campbells from Steubenville, and the Walters from Eastern Ohio. The first justice of the peace was Patrick Steele Campbell, who held the office until his death in 1850« Vincent DeWitt, and Leonard Hawk were early settlers, and the latter name is still represented in the township. The Mysers and Shannons, too, have long had a place " in the land."

Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.

The earliest white occupants of the territory now embraced within the bounds of Adams township were mainly members of that migratory class which continually hover on the extreme frontier of an advancing civilization, white men who could not relinquish all intercourse with their race, yet wishing to rid themselves of the cares and duties of a settled country, preferred the free and easy life of a hunter, cultivating perhaps a little patch of corn, but subsisting chiefly upon the game which could always be had for the shooting. As this became scarce, through the influx of settlers, they would gather up their tents and silently steal away to the west beyond.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

S. H. Loveless and Archibald Leach, both from Jefferson county, came together, in May, 1827, and entered the northwest quarter of section 10; Loveless the western half, and Leach the eastern. Both families are still represented in the township. About the time the Ohio canal was built, settlers began to arrive rapidly, and in a few years thereafter the land was all taken up.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Adams Township - it names this place 13 more 13 times.

Fires near this place

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bakersville between 2005 and 2018, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning8
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources961
30 March 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources486
28 February 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11145
27 February 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 724 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 724 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bakersville between 1906 and 1967: 543 Plantae, 109 Animalia, 66 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Alleshonse? O. C., Alleshouse O. C., Bolin, F. (Frank) 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 Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.1942ModenkeWhite Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1942H. MoldenkeCoshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Specimen of Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) LloydCalvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd1942H. MoldenkeCoshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton
A photograph of the species Laestadia bidwellii, not of this specimenLaestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1906Alleshouse O. C.New Bedford
A photograph of the species Venturia inaequalis, not of this specimenVenturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter1906Alleshonse? O. C.New Bedford
A photograph of the species Coelioxys sayi, not of this specimenCoelioxys sayi Robertson, 18971923not recorded
Ichneumonidae1923not recorded
A photograph of the species Nematus tibialis, not of this specimenNematus tibialis Newman, 18371923not recorded
A photograph of the species Bombus griseocollis, not of this specimenBombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773)1924not recorded
A photograph of the species Holopyga ventralis, not of this specimenHolopyga ventralis1924not recorded
Thelia bimaculata Fabricius1924W.V. Balduf
Tiphia J.C.Fabricius, 17751924not recorded

All 724 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bakersville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
George Meuhlhooffer ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coshocton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bakersville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBakersville$35,000The Department of Highways reported trees down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBakersville$25,000Power lines and trees were down and on fire along County Road 6.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBakersville$3,000Trees were reported down along County Road 2.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindBakersville-Multiple trees and power lines down across the area.
May 2011HailBakersville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coshocton 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
Pearl4.4 miles16
Powell4.5 miles16
Orange5.1 miles16
Fresno5.3 miles16
Chili5.9 miles16
Isleta6.1 miles16
Shady Bend6.1 miles16
Flat Iron Corner6.4 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BakersvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4849322The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048480. 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.

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.