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Cedarville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cedarville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45314. It stands on South Fork Massies Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedarville quadrangle. 4,257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Cedarville within Greene County

Population over time

2 figures

Cedarville grew from 4,019 to 4,257 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,019
20204,257+238 (+6%)

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cedarville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cedarville, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

184 words on this township

History of Greene County, Ohio; Embracing the Organization of the County, Its Division Into Townships, Sketches of Local Interest Gleaned from the Pioneers from 1803 to 1840, Together with a Roster of the Soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, Who Were Residing in the County, Also, a Roster of Ten Thousand of the Early Settlers from 1803 to 1840, published 1902 names this settlement in its chapter on Cedarville Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

In 1848, when an effort was made to form the township of Cedarville, some citizens of Ross objected to the measure, entering a vigorous protest against it, the parties making this protest saying to the commissioners: "Our reasons we will fully set forth in your presence, only adding here that we are not wiUing to have any of our township cut off. wliicl: is ah'eady too small, to gratify the caprice or spleen of any."

Passage source: History of Greene County, Ohio; Embracing the Organization of the County, Its Division Into Townships, Sketches of Local Interest Gleaned from the Pioneers from 1803 to 1840, Together with a Roster of the Soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, Who Were Residing in the County, Also, a Roster of Ten Thousand of the Early Settlers from 1803 to 1840, published 1902.

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 Cedarville Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 890 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 890 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cedarville between 1870 and 1975: 630 Animalia, 142 Plantae, 116 Fungi, 1 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A JOHN, A. H. Bauer 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
Specimen of Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.EvansLeiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans1922William Bayard Taylor; G. H. ConklinClifbore[sp?] Gorge
Specimen of Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.1923Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorClifton Gorge
A photograph of the species Bidens bipinnata, not of this specimenBidens bipinnata L.1870J Y Bergen; T L BergenYellow Springs
A photograph of the species Rhynchostegium serrulatum, not of this specimenRhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger1873Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Rhytidium rugosum, not of this specimenRhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb.1873not recordedClifton
A photograph of the species Thamnobryum alleghaniense, not of this specimenThamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll.Hal.) Nieuwl.1875H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
Brachythecium laetum (Brid.) Schimp.1876not recordedClifton
Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger1876Mrs. Spence
A photograph of the species Bryum affine, not of this specimenBryum affine (Blandow ex Funck) Brid.1876Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Eurhynchium hians, not of this specimenEurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac.1876H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
A photograph of the species Geocalyx graveolens, not of this specimenGeocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees1876not recordedClifton
Plagiochila asplenioides (L.) Dumort.1876H. J. BiddlecomeClifton

All 890 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 Cedarville: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Cedarville Limestone Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cedarville Limestone CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Cedarville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cedarville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

24 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedarville in 24 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flood, 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
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCedarville$20,000A house and barn sustained significant damage on a farm along State Route 72. The house had part of its roof torn off and a hole in the siding.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCedarville$5,000Two 50 foot tall pine trees fell onto a house.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCedarville$5,000A few trees were downed in the Cedarville area. Power lines were downed near the intersection of U.S. 42 and James Barber Road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCedarville$5,000Large limbs were downed on a house and utility wires due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCedarville$4,000Trees and powerlines were knocked down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCedarville$4,000Cedarville Township reported several trees blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCedarville$3,000Large trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCedarville$3,000Large limbs were reported down throughout Cedarville due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCedarville$3,000Several trees were uprooted. A number of large twelve- to eighteen-inch limbs were also knocked down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCedarville$2,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindCedarville$2,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCedarville$1,000Large branches were reported down in Cedarville due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCedarville$1,000Large limbs were reported broken due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
December 2011FloodCedarville$1,000Massey Creek was reported out of its banks due to heavy rainfall.
May 2020FloodCedarville-High water was reported on State Route 72 north of Cedarville.
May 2019Flash FloodCedarville-Six to eight inches of water was flowing over Fishworm Road near U.S. 42.
June 2017Flash FloodCedarville-High water was reported at the intersection of State Route 72 and Turnbull Road.
May 2019HailCedarville-no account filed
May 2019HailCedarville-no account filed
April 2016HailCedarville-no account filed
March 2012HailCedarville-no account filed
May 2011HailCedarville-no account filed
August 2009HailCedarville-no account filed
June 2009HailCedarville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Wilberforce4.1 miles14
Stringtown4.5 miles14
Monroe5.5 miles14
Goes5.9 miles16
Yellow Springs6.0 miles16
New Jasper6.2 miles14
Shawnee Hills6.4 miles14
Gladstone6.6 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 CedarvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1014183The 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 1056780. 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.