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

Bevis, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Colerain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45251. The Survey maps it on the Greenhills quadrangle.

Bevis within Hamilton County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Bevis, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Bevis, 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.

What happened here

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

From History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881 - Colerain Township

Population Jared Cloud

of Colerain township, was born on St. Patrick's day, the seventeenth of March, 1808; is Of Welsh, and Enghsh descent on his father's side and of French descent on that of his mother. Mason Jones Cloud, his grandfather, came from Virginia about the year 1778, and settled in Boone county, Kentucky. Unfortunately for the fate of Mason, he was required to return to Virginia for a sum of money there due him, and after only a three days' stay in his new home, in company with two others, set out on his perilous trip, and, with his companions, was massacred on Licking river by the hostile Indians.

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In the county-history sources

9,514 words on this township

History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Colerain Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The township is pretty well provided with wagon-roads; but the great highway through it is the famous Colerain pike, which intersects it almost in a diagonal from Mount Airy, first beyond the southeast corner of the township, to a point upon the river-road in the direction of Venice, Butler county, very near the northwest corner. It is described in King's Pocket-book of Cincinnati, as "a continuation of Central avenue. At the junction of Central avenue with Denman street, the site of the old Brighton house, it takes a northerly direction, passing through Camp Washington by the workhouse and the house of refuge, through Cumminsville (by the Wesleyan cemetery) and Mount Airy, on to Colerain township, from which it received its name. Continuing, it passes through Venice and Oxford, in Butler county, where it is known as the Cincinnati pike. The road is well macadamized." After leaving Mount Airy at a mile's distance, it passes the village of Groesbeck, in Colerain township; a little more than two miles further it passes through Bevis, and at about three miles' distance the old village site of Georgetown. All the villages of the tpwnship, except Pleasant Run, a hamlet in the northwest corner, are situated upon this fine road.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.

In the forest one mile west of Bevis and about the same distance south of Dry Ridge Catholic church, is an interesting ancient enclosure. It is an exact circle, of about fifty feet in diameter, and its parapets at present with an average height of two feet. The site it occupies is elevated, overlooking a wide tract of country. Its symmetry has been considerably marred by the running of fences and other modern improvements across it, but its form is still clearly outlined.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.

James Huston, son of Paul and father of Paul A. J. Huston, was born in 181 1 and died in 1878; was a farmer in Colerain township, and, like the Hustons in general, was remarkable for his thrift and good worth. Paul's mother was Martha Cone, daughter of an old pioneer of Crosby township. His father was married twice; the second time to Miss Mary Morris, and was the father of six children in all, of which Paul A. J. was the oldest. P. A. J. Huston owns part of the extensive tract of land possessed originally by his father, being in the vicinity of Pleasant run. He is a farmer and a prominent man in his county, having filled many township offices and been a member of the State legislature. He was married to Miss Mary Bevis in 1859, and is the father of six 'children. He is public spirited, and lives an honored citizen of his community.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.

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Read the whole chapter on Colerain Township - it names this place 7 more 7 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 2,768 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,768 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bevis between 1819 and 1975: 1,225 Fungi, 908 Animalia, 496 Plantae, 119 Protozoa, 11 Chromista, 8 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. Braun, A. P. Morgan 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
Clavaria striata Pers.	1899	Aiken, Walter H.	College Hill
Coleosporium campanulae (Pers.) Tul.	1899	Aiken, Walter H.	College Hill
Corticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.Curtis	1899	C.G. Lloyd	Cincinnati
Quercus × leana Nutt.	1819	Thomas Nuttall	3 miles North of Cincinnati
Atrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.	1820	T. G. Lea	probably Cincinnatti
Barbula unguiculata Hedw.	1820	T. G. Lea	probably Cincinnatti
Equisetum arvense L.	1834	Short, Charles Wilkins; Lea, Thomas G.	Cincinnati
Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr.	1835	Frank	in ditione Miami civitatis Ohio
Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.	1835	Joseph C. Frank	Cincinnati.
Mentha arvensis var. glabrata (Benth.) Fernald	1835	Collector unspecified	Miami.
Phleum pratense L.	1835	Joseph C. Frank	Cincinnati
Sanicula canadensis L.	1835	Frank	in ditione Miami civitatis Ohio

All 2,768 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bevis: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
F and C Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
F and C Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fairfield Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Leonard Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bevis in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
April 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Bevis	$100,000	The tornado first touched down in Colerain Township near Colerain Ave, where trees were reported knocked down along with minor damage to the YMCA Play Time Early Learning Center. The tornado continued east along or just north of Compton Road, uprooting trees. Further to the east, the tornado continued to produce tree damage and minor structural damage on Ranchill Drive, before moving into the center of Mt. Healthy. Numerous downed trees, leaning or broken transmission poles, and damage to several buildings marked the path of the tornado through Mt. Healthy following Compton Road. Tree and transmission pole damage continued east out of Mt. Healthy into Springfield Township. The tornado may have briefly become less organized before causing additional light structural damage and extensive tree damage from Winton Road through Hill Top Acres. Damage decreased quickly toward Ridgeview Drive, with the last sign of tornadic damage on Compton Road. The large number of snapped and uprooted trees with little to no leaves, snapped or leaning transmission poles, and minor structure damage led to a rating of EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with winds around 85 MPH.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Bevis	$3,000	Estimated gust to 60 mph. Pea size hail was reported and several tree limbs were broken.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bevis	$2,000	Several trees were downed.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bevis	$1,000	A tree was knocked down near Northgate Mall.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bevis	$1,000	A large 10 inch diameter tree was knocked down near Colerain High School.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bevis	$250	Several large tree limbs were downed.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Bevis	$250	Several large branches were downed into a yard.
March 2021	Hail	Bevis	-	no account filed
March 2021	Hail	Bevis	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Northgate	0.6 miles	16
Dornbusch	0.7 miles	18
Dry Ridge	0.9 miles	16
Colerain Heights	1.2 miles	18
Wardwood Acres	1.2 miles	18
Northbrook	1.2 miles	18
Galaxy Acres	1.6 miles	18
Crestwood Acres	1.7 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064435. 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.

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.