Chapel Hill, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43730. It stands on Irish Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1911 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,203 words on this township1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Monroe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
A United Brethren Church was organized and a church built, at an early day, about half-way between Millertown and Chapel Hill, and regular preaching maintained for a great many years; of late, however, religious services are only occasionally held. The church is near the present residence ot Morgan Devore.
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
The Catholics organized a congregation and erected a house of worship at Thompsonville about 1850, which has been used ever since. This is known as the Chapel Hill church, and is a strong congregation. The edifice is very pleasantly situated. '
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, 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 Monroe Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
22 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Chapel Hill between 2009 and 2020, burning about 46 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | ALDER |
| 11 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | MILLER TOWN RD |
| 2 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11385 |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | WATER WORKS |
| 26 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Wayne National Forest | CONGO |
| 16 April 2019 | Other causes | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15170 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 83 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chapel Hill between 1890 and 1971: 62 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Coker W. C., Conan J. Taylor, Duvel, J.W.T 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Rendville. |
![]() | Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Anthoceros punctatus L. | 1891 | not recorded | Rendville |
![]() | Ascocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | |
| Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin | 1891 | W. C. Werner | ||
![]() | Callicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Gottsche | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Hypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
| Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst. | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | Rendville | |
![]() | Puccinia coronata f. coronata | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | |
| Puccinia punctata Link | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman |
All 83 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Hill | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rendville | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Corning | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| San Toy | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Millertown | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hatfield | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Congo | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Portersville | 3.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075562. 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.






















