Block
Belfast, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45347. It stands on Rocky Fork. The Survey maps it on the New Paris 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
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1915 USGS New Paris quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS New Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Paris quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Paris quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Paris quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Paris quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jefferson township, in the words of 1915.
Martyred For His Principles
One of the best remembered of the early citizens of Jefferson township was Thomas Barber, who became martyr to his anti-slavery principles in 1858 or 1859. He emigrated to Kansas about that time, just as the breaking out of the "Kansas troubles,, over the question of the extension of slavery. True to his principles, he took an active part in the contest there and soon became known as one of the hated "abolitionists." He was shot by an assassin.
In the 1915 county history
10,147 words on this townshipThe county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 10,147 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 748 shownMuseums hold 748 specimens collected within 10 miles of Belfast (historical) between 1876 and 1974: 730 Animalia, 12 Fungi, 6 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin, B. Fink 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1876 | not recorded | New Paris |
 | Uria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.) | Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA |
 | Septoria oenotherae Westend. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1910 | Braun, Lucy E. | |
 | Physcia subtilis Degelius | 1914 | B. Fink | Eaton |
 | Scoliciosporum umbrinum (Ach.) Arnold | 1914 | Fink, B. | Eaton |
 | Steccherinum pulcherrimum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker | 1925 | M.L. Lohman | Eaton |
 | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1928 | Mendenhall E. W. | New Paris |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1930 | MB Trautman | Whitewater River, at New Paris, Jefferson Twp |
 | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Whitewater River, at New Paris, Jefferson Twp |
| Ceuthophilus tenebrarum Scudder, 1894 | 1930 | Hubbell, T. H. | Eaton, Preble Co., OH | |
 | Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | East Fork Whitewater River, at New Paris, ~0.4 mi NW of New Paris, Jefferson township |
All 748 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 Belfast (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Paris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield Limestone Quarry #223 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Springs | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| New Westville | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| New Paris | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Orangeburg (historical) | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Gettysburg | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Campbellstown | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ebenezer | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Brinley | 4.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063219. 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.