BlockBarnesville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43713. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle. 4,008 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1905 against another survey:
On record in Barnesville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Barnesville Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depotlisted 1985
Barnesville Historic Districtlisted 1984- Friends Boarding School and Ohio Yearly Meetinghouse Historic Districtlisted 2009
Businesses named in the fire insurance atlases 12 of 15 shown
- Barlow Bros., Berry Basket WorksWorks, in the atlas of 1893
- Bunnell & Hilles, Grain WarehouseWarehouse, in the atlas of 1893
- Christian ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1915
- Church of ChristChurch, in the atlas of 1915
- City Flour MillsFlour Mill, in the atlas of 1893
- Damsel, F., Ice Cream FactoryIce House, in the atlas of 1915
- Dewee, S., Wagon ShopShop, in the atlas of 1899
- First Presbyterian ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1915
- Main Street Meth. Episcopal ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1915
- Post OfficeIce House, in the atlas of 1915
- Publie SchoolSchool, in the atlas of 1893
- Rogers, I, & A., Planing MillPlaning Mill, in the atlas of 1893
Population over time
2 figuresBarnesville fell from 4,193 to 4,008 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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 | 4,193 | |
| 2020 | 4,008 | -185 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 printed 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.
- 1905 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
20,780 words on this townshipCentennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Warren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In 1804 Henry Grier located west of Barnesville, near the line, and John Kennon, father of Judge William Kennon, Sr., camped upon a tract adjoining Alexander Campbell's, who had settled on the land just over the line in Guernsey County.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
In 1806 Joseph Middleton erected the first horse mill for grinding grain. Prior to that time the corn was ground on hand mills or cracked on hominy blocks. A year later Cam. Thomas built the first water mill, three and one-half miles south of Barnesville, and in connection with this grist mill a sawmill was
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
The following teachers for Warren township schools have been elected for 1902: District No. I, Elmer Hoge; No. 2, E. Grace Porterfield; No. 3, H. G. Finley; No. 4, Nora Bailey; No. 5, Charley Dew; No. 6, Katherine Murphy; No. 7, Cleve E. Warrick; No. 8, J. H. Chaney; No. 9, Mary E. Udell; No. 10, Sadie Erasher; No. ii, Lucinda Nabb; No. 4, primary, Dessie Galloway.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
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 Warren Township - it names this place 53 more 53 times.
Fires near this place
9 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Barnesville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16078 |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 713 |
| 28 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 103 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 103 specimens collected within 10 miles of Barnesville between 1887 and 1975: 71 Animalia, 26 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Goff, Buker, W.E., Buker, W.E.; Henry, L.K. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Medicago lupulina L. | 1961 | Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr. | 1 mile west of Hendrysburg. |
 | Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore | 1971 | Cusick, A.W. | disturbed beech woods; St. Rt. 26, just S., Co. Rt. 92, Sect 21, Goshen Twp. |
 | Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. | 1887 | Koenig, A. | near Temperanceville |
| unnamed | 1905 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville | |
 | Merulius incarnatus (S.Ito & S.Imai) Spirin & Zmitr. | 1905 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville |
 | Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray | 1907 | Laughlin, E.E. | Barnesville |
 | Geastrum triplex Jungh. | 1907 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville |
 | Stereum fasciatum (Schwein.) Fr. | 1907 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville |
 | Botrychium dissectum Spreng. | 1919 | Laughlin, E.E. | Barnesville |
 | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | 1919 | Riker A. J. | Belmont |
 | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Stillwater Creek, 5 mi N of Barnesville |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Stillwater Creek, 5 mi N of Barnesville |
All 103 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
31 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnesville in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $30,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous large trees down in Barnesville. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported several trees down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $25,000 | Amateur radio reported trees down near Barnesville. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $25,000 | The public reported numerous trees down in Barnesville. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $20,000 | A roof and siding were ripped off of a home on Mount Olivett Road, with pictures provided. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $20,000 | Tree and power line damage was observed in Barnesville. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $20,000 | Large trees down in Bethesda. About the same time, high winds ripped a roof off two businesses, on North Chestnut St in Barnesville, causing them to collapse. The collapse ripped down several power lines. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $15,000 | Emergency management reported multiple trees and power lines down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down in Barnesville. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Barnesville | $10,000 | A few basements were flooded in Barnesville. Five miles south-southeast of Barnesville, Little Captina Creek went out of its banks and water flooded Route 800S. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a pavilion. Ten large trees and some power lines were also downed. |
| January 2013 | Flood | Barnesville | $5,000 | Emergency management reported State Route 147 had flooding due to standing water near Barnesville. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $5,000 | A barn was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $5,000 | Large limbs downed. A porch roof was blown from a home and struck and damaged a neighbors car. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $3,000 | Multiple trees were reported to be blown down near Barnesville. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | $2,000 | Power lines blown down onto car. Five people trapped and rescued. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Barnesville | - | Penny/Nickel hail reported. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Barnesville | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | - | An Emergency Manager reported trees in power lines in Barnesville area. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Barnesville | - | A citizen reported hail 0.88 inches in size. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Barnesville | - | Emergency manager reported both lanes of State Route 800 flooded between mile markers 2 and 3. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Barnesville | - | Just after 3 PM EDT, Route 800 south of Barnesville flooded. By 330 PM EDT, 3 feet of water covered Rte 147 near Baileys Mills. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesville | - | Large trees down. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Barnesville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tacoma | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Olivett | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Speidel | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Baileys Mills | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hendrysburg | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Badgertown | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bethesda | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Temperanceville | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Barnesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q808468 | 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 1064381. 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.
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.