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Brighton, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45369. The Survey maps it on the South Vienna quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The 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 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.
- 1907 USGS South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
50,366 words on this townshipThe History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Harmony Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
This excellent flouring-mill is on the line of the N. Y., P. & O. Railroad, three and a half miles west of Springfield, and on the right bank of Mad River. It was erected in 1831-32, by Peter Sintz, Sr., and was improved in 1880 by J. & S. Arthur, the present owners. Mr. Sintz managed the milling business here nearly twenty years, and then leased it to George Grisso for five years. The Atlantic & Great Western Railway Company (N. Y., P. & O.) then purchased it of Sintz about the year 1804. It was subsequently sold at Sheriff's sale, and was purchased by George Grisso for $6,500. Grisso ran the business till 1879, when Joseph Arthur became the owner, and in a short time was succeeded by his two sons, J. & S. Arthur. The building is six stories high, forty by sixty feet in size, uses two American turbine wheels, and is valued at $8,000. Does all kinds of custom work. J. & S. Arthur, proprietors, Springfield, Ohio.
Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881.
The following is a list of names of Justices of the Peace of Springfield Township, with the date of their several commissions, from 1834 to 1880: 3 of the election held in Springfield Township May 30, 1818, for the election of two Justices of the Peace, to succeed the official terms of John Dougherty and John Snodgrass:
Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881.
Andrew Nichelson came to the township with his father, John Nichelson, in 1806, being then three years old. Before he was of age, he purchased and paid for a tract of eighty acres of land, thus laying the foundation for the vast wealth which he afterward possessed. He was twice married, and was the father of a large family - -eleven of whom became men and women. His first wife was Rachel Hammond; she died in 1852. His second wife was Mrs. Angeline Yeazle, nee Spencer, whom he married in 1854. He was a man much esteemed for his many charitable acts, a life-long and consistent member of the Christian Church, and was widely known as a man whom nothing could divert from the path of rectitude. He died July 23, 1880, in his seventy-eighth year.
Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881.
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 Harmony Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 254 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 254 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brighton between 1914 and 1974: 254 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward, Binkley, L. E. (Lowell), David G. Furth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Palpomyia subasper (Coquillett, 1901) | 1914 | Marion W. Boesel | Catawba |
 | Atrichopogon fusculus (Coquillett, 1901) | 1925 | E. H. | Catawba |
| Atrichopogon websteri (Coquillett, 1901) | 1925 | E. H. | Catawba | |
| Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818 | 1925 | W. S. H. | Catawba | |
| Palpomyia Meigen, 1818 | 1925 | not recorded | Catawba | |
| Probezzia Kieffer, 1906 | 1925 | not recorded | Catawba | |
| Probezzia infuscata Malloch, 1915 | 1925 | not recorded | Catawba | |
| Jenkinshelea albaria (Coquillett, 1895) | 1926 | not recorded | Catawba | |
 | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1927 | Thomas, E. S. (Edward S.) | Near South Vienna, Clark Co., Ohio |
 | Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802 | 1927 | Thomas, E. S. (Edward S.) | Near South Vienna, Clark Co., Ohio |
 | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Beaver Creek, trib of Buck Creek, Western Harmony Twp |
 | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1930 | MB Trautman | Beaver Creek, trib of Buck Creek, Western Harmony Twp |
All 254 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brighton in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $5,000 | A few trees were downed and a roof was damaged in Brighton. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brighton | $3,000 | Multiple trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Brighton | - | A portion of Old Osborne Road near the county line was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Shores | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| South Vienna | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Plattsburg | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hollandia View | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeview Acres | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Catawba | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lisbon | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 7.2 miles | 14 |
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 Brighton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16255460 | 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 1064491. 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.
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.