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Byhalia, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43358. The Survey maps it on the York Center quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Byhalia within Union County

Then and now

1913 to 1992

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 Byhalia, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Byhalia, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 printed 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.

In the county-history sources

27,353 words on this township

The History of Union County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns ... Military Record;, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

John Johnson came about 1837. He was raised in Logan County, married Ann Southworth and purchased a portion of Survey 13,3'JO, just northwest of Byhalia. He was industrious and accumulated some property. He returned to Logan County and is still living near Pickerill, that county. His son, Hosea, lived for a short time on Rocky Fork, then removed to Logan County.

Passage source: The History of Union County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns ... Military Record;, published 1883.

Jeremiah Lingrel came in 1837 from Logan County. He was a native of Virginia and in Logan County married Ellen Ragan, by whom he had thirteen children. For many years after he came to Washington Township he owned no land. He built his first cabin north of Byhalia, and when the Marysville & Kenton road was opened the cabin stood in the way and had to be removed. He then lived in the Harriman place in the southwest part of Survey 9,916; he afterward moved to the western part of the township.

Passage source: The History of Union County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns ... Military Record;, published 1883.

Marquis Osborn came in 1837. He was an Eastern man, bixt prior to his residence here lived a while near Urbana. He had a small family and died at his place on Rush Creek - Survey 13, 427, later known as the Burnside farm.

Passage source: The History of Union County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns ... Military Record;, published 1883.

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 Washington Township - it names this place 57 more 57 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 145 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 145 specimens collected within 10 miles of Byhalia between 1901 and 1971: 129 Animalia, 16 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by CL & LC Hubbs, Kellerman, W.A., Kellerman, William Ashbrook 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Rhytisma Fr., not of this specimenRhytisma Fr.1901W. A. KellermanWest Mansfield
A photograph of the species Cercospora maianthemi, not of this specimenCercospora maianthemi Fuckel1902W. A. KellermanWest Mansfield
A photograph of the species Scolecotrichum graminis, not of this specimenScolecotrichum graminis Fuckel1902W. A. KellermanWest Mansfield
Scolicotrichum graminis Fuckel1902Kellerman, William AshbrookWest Mansfield
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)1925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 18191925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21
A photograph of the species Etheostoma spectabile, not of this specimenEtheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854)1925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21
A photograph of the species Lepomis megalotis, not of this specimenLepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)1925CL & LC HubbsBokes Cr., on state road 21

All 145 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byhalia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rockhold QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byhalia in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Thunderstorm WindByhalia$3,000Trees down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindByhalia$2,000A large hardwood tree was downed. Additionally, a small barn sustained roof damage.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindByhalia$1,000A tree was downed onto Osborne Road near the intersection of State Route 739.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindByhalia$1,000State Route 31 was closed between Richwood Miller Rd and Turner Rd due to a tree down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindByhalia$1,000One tree was knocked down across a road.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindByhalia$1,000Two trees were reported down on Cunningham-Arbela Road.
June 2024Flash FloodByhalia-Cunningham Arbela and Shertzer Roads were closed due to water from Rush Creek flowing across.
June 2024Flash FloodByhalia-Water was rushing over the road with areas of ponding surrounding the road. The road was closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Union 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Haynesville (historical)2.2 miles12
York Center3.2 miles12
Arbela3.2 miles12
Summersville4.4 miles12
West Jackson4.6 miles12
Lunda6.8 miles14
Claiborne7.2 miles11
Essex7.7 miles11

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 ByhaliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5004093The 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 1048573. 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.