Belle Valley, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43717. It stands on Wolf Run. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell North quadrangle. 201 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The 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.


On record in Belle Valley
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- SHENANDOAH Crash Siteslisted 1989 · 0.6 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresBelle Valley fell from 223 to 201 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 | 223 | |
| 2020 | 201 | -22 (-10%) |
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.
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Caldwell North 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 Caldwell North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,732 words on this townshipHistory of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Noble Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Joseph Lippitt was one of the few pioneer settlers that had money. He was considered a rich man in his day. He bought and settled upon a whole section of land north of where Belle Valley station now is. He was from New England, and had the trading faculty which is popularly supposed to be inherent in all Yankees. In early days he kept a few goods at his house, and would give a yard of muslin for a day's work. His father had an interest in a cotton-mill in one of the Eastern States. Mrs. Lippitt was a woman of good judgment and shrewdness, and was an excellent manager. Li|>- pitt died here, and after his death the farm was sold, and the family became scattered. The Lippitt family were among the very earliest permanent settlers in the township, and among the earliest on Duck Creek.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
Among other interesting memoror hilia in the possession of George Burlingame, of Belle Valley, is a tax receipt signed by treasurer of Morgan County. It is dated September 19, 1835, and shows that Josiah Burlingame's tax on 166 acres of land was one dollar, ninetysix cents and nine mills, and his tax on personal proi>erty, one dollar, eighty-four cents and eight mills. The valuation of the land was then $179. It is the present Chris. McKee farm, one of the best in the valley.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
Josiah Burlingame was an early settler and a prominent citizen, a surveyor by profession. He came to Ohio from Rhode Island, and in 1814 located in this township. In 1815 he married Sarah Noble, a sister of the venerable John Noble. He was county commissioner of Morgan County from 1827 to 1832. He reareil a large family, all of whom are now widely scattered. A reunion of the Burlingame family at Belle Valley, in the fall of 1886, was an interesting occasion.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
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 Noble Township - it names this place 10 more 10 times.
Fires near this place
28 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Belle Valley between 2009 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15250 |
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15266 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15265 |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8425 |
| 28 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4965 |
| 18 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4426 |
| 14 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14706 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 76 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 76 specimens collected within 10 miles of Belle Valley between 1902 and 1974: 50 Animalia, 23 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M., Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1902 | Lloyd C. G. | Glenwood |
![]() | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1912 | E. Bartholomew | Caldwell |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus fuscus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | near Derwent, Valley Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | near Cumberland, Noble, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Caldwell 1 mi N, Noble, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio |
All 76 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Belle Valley: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence King Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ava Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ava Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| King Quarries Extension | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Merrill Brothers Limestone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Ridge | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Slaters | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hoskinsville | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hiramsburg | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Florence | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ava | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Scott (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rochester | 3.3 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 Belle Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2669238 | 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 1064405. 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.




















