Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Baltimore, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43105. It stands on PawPaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baltimore quadrangle. 2,981 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

Baltimore within Fairfield County

Population over time

2 figures

Baltimore grew from 2,966 to 2,981 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	2,966
2020	2,981	+15 (+1%)

Then and now

1907 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baltimore, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Baltimore, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Liberty township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877 - Liberty Township

Coons And Squirrels

The first season they planted about three acres of corn, but they did not even get a peck of ripe corn. The squirrels visited the cornfield in day-time, and the raccoons in the night. Jacob told me that his father, Abraham, went out with his rifle one morning and killed thirty-eight squirrels ofi" of one tree, and then he was not able to count the remainder on the same tree.

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In the county-history sources

93,391 words on this township

A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877 names this settlement in its chapter on Liberty Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Baltimore and Basil, on the canal, are in Liberty, and are both places of considerable business. Baltimore is a considerable village, and is quite noted for the strength and respectability of its secret orders. It has the usual amount of church and school facilities. Before the trade of the county was distributed by its two railroads, Baltimore had a heavy grain trade, on account of the facilities of transportation afforded by the Ohio Canal, upon whose banks it stands.

Passage source: A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877.

Liberty lies between Violet and Walnut, in the northern tier. I have not the facilities for giving the exact dates of its organization, or that of either of its villages, or the names of their proprietors, but they are both old villages.

Passage source: A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877.

I was born on the 14th day of February, 1812, just 65 years ago this day. My object is not so much to speak of what I know personally of the early history of our township, as it is to refer " to facts that transpired prior to my coming on the stage of action, and for such information I am indebted mainly to several of the descendants of the very first settlers. Among these I mention the names of Jacob Bibler, Joseph Alt and Noah Gundy, still living, and whose united ages are over two hun^ dred and forty-four years.

Passage source: A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877.

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 Liberty Township - it names this place 85 more 85 times.

Fires near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Baltimore between 2008 and 2020, burning about 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Fireworks	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
1 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15800
5 July 2020	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15801
20 June 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15762
16 June 2020	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15761
24 April 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wayne National Forest	BLACKFORK CAR FIRE
8 November 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15923

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fairfield County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 2,944 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,944 specimens collected within 10 miles of Baltimore between 1843 and 1975: 2,498 Animalia, 334 Fungi, 104 Plantae, 6 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, Albertin, Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Kuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur	1891	Freda Detmers	Rock Mill
Cylindrosporium Grev., 1822	1893	unknown	Licking Reservoir
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel	1896	F.L. Stevens	Lancaster
Bryoxiphium norvegicum (Brid.) Mitt.	1843	Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant	near Lancaster
Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth.	1843	Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant	in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio
Hypnum paludosum (Hedw.) P.Beauv.	1843	A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant	in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio
Phyllogonium norvegicum Brid.	1843	Gray, A.; W. S. Sullivant	near Lancaster
Bruchia flexuosa (Schwägr.) Müll.Hal.	1849	C. L. Lesquereux	Lancaster
Dicranodontium denudatum (Brid.) E.Britton	1849	C. L. Lesquereux
Aecidium compositarum Mart.	1883	W. A. Kellerman
Aecidium galiorum Pers.	1883	W. A. Kellerman
Aleurodiscus candidus (Schwein.) Burt	1883	W.A. Kellerman	Lancaster

All 2,944 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 Baltimore: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Comer Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Fairfield County

Storms near this place

42 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baltimore in 42 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2022	Hail	Baltimore	$150,000	Numerous houses in the Baltimore area had siding and roof damage caused by the large hail.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$60,000	A house was damaged, a barn was destroyed, several roofs were damaged, a storage shed was blown down, large trees were down, and power lines were snapped due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$50,000	A roof was ripped off a house causing moderate damage. Numerous trees were downed in the vicinity of the house. Several barns also sustained some damage. An NWS storm survey determined that the damage was caused by microburst winds of 75 to 85 mph with a few higher gusts.
April 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Baltimore	$45,000	The tornado touched down east of Baltimore along Canal Road. Damage to a home was done at this location and a garage was destroyed. In addition windows were also blown out at this location. Numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted in the area. Additional damage was found along Millersport Road where a barn was damaged. Estimated maximum wind speed based on damage is around 100 miles per hour.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$20,000	A pole barn was destroyed near the town of Baltimore due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$20,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the town of Baltimore due to thunderstorm winds.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$10,000	Trees and power lines downed.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$7,000	Several trees were downed across the county.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$5,000	Numerous trees were knocked down in Baltimore.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$5,000	The spotter measured the thunderstorm wind gust. Numerous large limbs and small trees were downed. One limb fell on a vehicle.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$5,000	A tree fell on a house due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$5,000	Trees and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$5,000	Two large trees were reported down, heavy patio furniture was thrown, and a brick wall was broken into pieces due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$5,000	Trees were downed.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$5,000	Thunderstorms downed trees.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$4,000	Near Bader and Basil roads, winds topped off trees and knocked down power poles and power lines.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$3,000	Numerous trees were downed in the Baltimore area.
October 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$3,000	Large tree limbs were downed.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$3,000	Four trees were knocked down.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$3,000	Several trees were blown down throughout town.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$3,000	Trees downed.
June 2008	Hail	Baltimore	$3,000	no account filed
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$1,000	A street sign was bent down on OH-158, a quarter of a mile south of OH-256 in Baltimore.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$1,000	One tree was knocked down.
April 2011	Heavy Rain	Baltimore	$1,000	Water was covering a few roads due to heavy rainfall.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	$1,000	A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2008	Hail	Baltimore	$1,000	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Baltimore	$1,000	no account filed
July 2013	Heavy Rain	Baltimore	-	Flooding of low lying areas was occurring with 3 to 4 inches of water in some streets due to heavy rainfall.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Baltimore	-	Hail ranged in size from pennies to nickels.
April 2025	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
April 2023	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
March 2020	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
April 2018	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
August 2010	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Baltimore	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fairfield 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Thurston	2.9 miles	12
Kellers Court	3.2 miles	12
Monticello (historical)	4.3 miles	11
Havensport	4.5 miles	12
Harley	4.7 miles	12
Dumontville	4.8 miles	12
Pleasantville	4.8 miles	12
Stoudertown	5.0 miles	12

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 Baltimore	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1889293	The 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 1064378. 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.