Cecil, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45821. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paulding quadrangle. 146 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCecil fell from 188 to 146 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 | 188 | |
| 2020 | 146 | -42 (-22%) |
Then and now
1914 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1914 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 744 shownMuseums hold 744 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cecil between 1888 and 1973: 744 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., CLARENCE CLARK, Ehrhart, O. E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840) | 1943 | H. Price | Paulding Township, Baily gravel pit |
![]() | Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862 | 1943 | H. Price | Klinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Notropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1910 | Price, H. (Homer) | Paulding, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1912 | Price, H. (Homer) | Paulding, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne within corporation, Paulding, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | near Payne, Paulding, Ohio, USA |
All 744 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cecil: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Portland Inc Peninsular Div | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Paulding Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Paulding Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms nearby
7 since 2003The National Weather Service names Cecil in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $100,000 | The emergency manager reports that eight power poles were downed, and two trees were damaged near Cecil. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $100,000 | Emergency management officials reported that damage was observed along a roughly half mile long path. The damage started near the intersection of county highway C-105 and U.S. 24. Two mobile homes that were attached together, were flipped over, destroying it. As the wind continued east a pole barn next to the mobile home was destroyed. Along U.S. 24, several trees were uprooted in two separate residences. Two homes suffered roof damage as well. The damage ended just across the Maumee River where several large broken tree limbs were found along the river bank. The combined damage is estimated at $100,000. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $3,000 | The public reported that a pear tree was split in half. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | $2,000 | Emergency management reported a barn blown down near Cecil. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | - | Measured 60 mph gusts with car roof anemometer. Large branch snapped off healthy tree. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Cecil | - | A narrow band of thunderstorms continuously regenerated over Paulding county during the morning. Flash flooding was reported north of Cecil by emergency management with CR 230 closed. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cecil | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Rochester | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Emmett | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Reids (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Knoxdale | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Paulding | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Renollet (historical) | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Arena (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Antwerp | 7.8 miles | 12 |
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 Cecil | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2254451 | 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 1038883. 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.
























