BlockChadwick, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43787. The Survey maps it on the Stockport quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1910 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 84 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
9 surveys from 12 printed 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.
- 1910 USGS Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stockport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Stockport quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
39,743 words on this townshipHistory of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1886 names this settlement in its chapter on Windsor Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
First Elders, Cjwus Davis and James Rollison. First Deacons, Benjamin and Samuel Godfrey. Its pastors have been John Beard, John Ashley, John Camel, Joseph Nugent, John Moody, Daniel SAveeney, Arelus Harvey, J. T. Ewing, and William White.
Passage source: History of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1886.
Myrta D. (Naylor), Jessie L., Thomas B., Clara May and Mary M. In the spring of 1877 the captain came to Stockport and began merchandising, in which business he is now engaged. He lias taken a laudable interest in all matters affecting the welfare of the township or county. He is a pronounced temperance man, and in every respect a valuable citizen.
Passage source: History of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1886.
Joab J. Montgomery, a prominent business man of Roxbury, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, August 31, 1829. Ilis parents were William and Lydia Ann (Jones) Montgomery. His father was a farmer, and for a time was engaged in the manufacture of salt on the Muskingum, and died at the residence of his son June 2, 1880. When our subject was about four years of age, the family moved to Illinois with an ox team, and lived in Waynesville, DeWitt County. When J. J. Montgomery was about ten years old, they went to Iowa, and resided in that State until the mother's death. At the age of about 17 he returned to Illinois and for two years lived on a farm. He next came to Ohio for the purpose of attending the high school at McConnelsville. Here he was greatly assisted in his efforts to obtain an education by his uncle, Eli Shepard. At the age of twenty, being then without funds and $30 in debt, he began life for himself, entering the employ of James A. McConnel. His salary for the first year was $60. Mr. Montgomery entered upon his duties in September, 1848, and for nineteen years remained in Mr. McConnel's employ, never losing any time in all those years. For the first six months he worked in the mill office at
Passage source: History of Morgan County, Ohio, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1886.
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 Windsor Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
24 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Chadwick (historical) between 2012 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5585 |
| 9 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14665 |
| 5 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1461 |
| 25 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5045 |
| 27 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14245 |
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 765 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 381 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 381 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chadwick (historical) between 1887 and 1974: 365 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Albaugh, D. W. (Douglas W.), Albaugh, Douglas W 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1962 | D. Stansbery | Muskingum River, Waterford, Below Dam At Beverly |
 | Peziza soleniiformis Ellis & Everh. | 1887 | Morgan | |
 | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
.jpg) | Crystallaria cincotta Welsh & Wood, 2008 | 1888 | Gilbert, C. & Henshall, J. A. (James A.) | Muskingum River, dst Beverly dam RM 24.8, 0.6 miles west of Beverly OH, Waterford township |
 | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
 | Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio |
 | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
 | Pimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
 | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1904 | not recorded | Meigs Creek |
 | Merulius incarnatus Schwein. | 1906 | Collector unspecified | McConnellsville |
 | Cylindrosporium padi P.Karst. | 1910 | W. T. Mitchell & Son | Beverly |
 | Hybopsis aestivalis (Girard, 1856) | 1921 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | South Branch Wolf Creek, within Watertown township, near Watertown, Watertown township |
All 381 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chadwick (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterhill Stone Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Number 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Brokaw | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stockport | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Todds | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hooksburg | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chesterhill | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mill Grove | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Center Bend | 6.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1051203. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.