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

Berlin, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Berlin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44610. The Survey maps it on the Berlin quadrangle. 1,447 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,216 feet above sea level.

Berlin within Holmes County

Population over time

2 figures

Berlin grew from 898 to 1,447 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	898
2020	1,447	+549 (+61%)

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Berlin, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Berlin, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 2016

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

An Amish man tends to popcorn, prepared over an open fire at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly expanded produce stand near the town of Berlin in central Ohio's "Amish Country"
Highsmith, Carol M, 2016. Library of Congress

A horse-drawn wagon carries visitors into the pumpkin patch each autumn at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly expanded produce stand near the town of Berlin in central Ohio's "Amish Country"
Highsmith, Carol M, 2016. Library of Congress

Fall display at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly expanded produce stand near the town of Berlin in central Ohio's "Amish Country"
Highsmith, Carol M, 2016. Library of Congress

A horse-drawn Amish buggy heads up the hill to the large farmstead at Hershberger's Farm and Bakery, a greatly expanded produce stand near the town of Berlin in central Ohio's "Amish Country"
Highsmith, Carol M, 2016. Library of Congress

Fires nearby

8 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Berlin between 2005 and 2019, burning about 8 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 burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
18 June 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 May 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 March 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	4087
12 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
25 November 2015	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	2605
17 November 2009	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 October 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15322

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 182 shown

Museums hold 182 specimens collected within 10 miles of Berlin between 1890 and 1974: 144 Animalia, 33 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. P. Morgan, Alleshonse? O. C. 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
Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato	1896	Wetzstein, A.	Fryburg
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.	1914	Drushel, J.A.
Ustulina deusta (Hoffm.) Lind	1914	B. Fink
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)	1890	Collector(s): unknown	Millesburg
Arachnion album Schwein.	1893	A. P. Morgan
Schizophyllum commune Fr.	1901	A. D. Selby	Millersburg
Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz	1906	Alleshouse O. C.	New Bedford
Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter	1906	Alleshonse? O. C.	New Bedford
Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825	1907	not recorded	No Further Locality Data
Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801)	1907	not recorded	No Further Locality Data
Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)	1907	not recorded	No Further Locality Data
Vitis aestivalis Michx.	1914	Drushel, J.A.

All 182 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Berlin: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clark Clay Company	Clay	Past Producer
Clark Clay Company Mine	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Close Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Close Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms nearby

17 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Berlin in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 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
June 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Berlin	$200,000	An EF1 tornado touched down two miles northwest of Berlin around 2:40 pm EDT. The tornado then moved southeast to Walnut Creek and eventually moved into Tuscarawas County near Sugar Creek. This tornado did not appear to be in contact with the ground the entire length of the damage path. The damage path in Holmes County was nearly nine miles in length and up to 100 yards in width. Damage occurred to around a dozen homes and buildings along the damage path. Most of the damage was from lost roofing or siding. A camper trailer was blown over and a garage was also knocked off of it's foundation. Some large signs were torn off of the roof of a business located east of Berlin. The signs landed in a nearby parking lot and damaged at least eight cars. Dozens of trees and at least two utility poles were knocked down along the damage path.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$20,000	Trees uprooted and metal roof blown-off building in Berlin.
May 2018	Flash Flood	Berlin	$15,000	Heavy rainfall moved into Holmes County between 700 and 800 pm on the evening of the 26th. A line of thunderstorms over Wayne County moved south into Holmes County where there was a cell merger. This cause a brief period of storm back building and training over north central Holmes County. During this period the rainfall rates were estimated around 5 inches per hour. The storm motions were from north to south, paralleling the extent of the Killbuck Creek river basin starting in the headwaters. This confined the majority of the runoff to that single basin. The result was flash flooding in several areas across Holmes County. One home in Monroe and Prairie Township was flooded on County Road 320 from Paint Creek. Prairie Township Fire Department rescued people from a car in high water. One unofficial rainfall report of 3.00 came from Berlin in eastern Holmes County. An official reading in Holmesville of 2.72 was measured between 7 pm and 8 pm.
June 2018	Flash Flood	Berlin	$10,000	A line of thunderstorms oriented north to south from Wayne through Coshocton County Ohio brought heavy rainfall to Holmes County between 345 pm and 530 pm. The heaviest rain fell between 400 pm and 445 pm with rates measured over 3 per hour. Doughty Creek located near Mechanic Township in eastern Holmes County saw flash flooding. The creek, normally a dry bed, caused damage to a truck parked in the area. Also impacted were two campgrounds located along the creek off of township road 154.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$10,000	Many trees reported down with minor damage done to the roof of a strip mall.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$10,000	Trees were downed.
March 2011	Hail	Berlin	$5,000	Half dollar or ping pong ball sized hail was reported with this thunderstorm.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$3,000	The Sheriff reported four trees brought down by thunderstorm winds in and around Berlin.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$3,000	Several trees were reported down.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two trees west of Berlin along County Road 201.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	$1,000	A few trees were reported down.
March 2026	Hail	Berlin	-	Hail up to quarter-size about 1.6-miles WNW of Berlin.
May 2025	Hail	Berlin	-	Hail up to quarter-size in Berlin.
June 2020	Flash Flood	Berlin	-	Law enforcement reported water was across SR-39 near Berlin with about 3 feet of water in the parking lot of the Amish country flea market. Public reported high water along SR 241 near the Holmes-Wayne county line. At 1030 PM Doughty Creek out of its banks at TR-356 and TR-375 south of Berlin. Measured rainfall observations of 3.96 near Berlin between 7:50 PM and 10:00 PM, mostly between 7:55 PM and 9:20 PM.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin	-	A 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured.
May 2003	Hail	Berlin	-	Penny size hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Bunker Hill	1.0 miles	16
Millers Corners	2.7 miles	16
Charm	3.8 miles	16
Saltillo	4.0 miles	16
Fryburg	4.0 miles	16
Benton	4.0 miles	16
Walnut Creek	4.1 miles	15
Mount Hope	4.4 miles	16

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 Berlin	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q142659	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 1048519. 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.