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Conesville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43811. It lies near Davis Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Conesville quadrangle. 328 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 745 feet above sea level.

Conesville within Coshocton County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Conesville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Conesville, surveyed 1908

Population over time

2 figures

Conesville fell from 347 to 328 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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
2010347
2020328-19 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

6,730 words on this township

Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876; History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Franklin Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

This township is the home of one of the professors of the occult sciences, Wm. Gorham, who claims to be able to discover hidden things, whether of the past or the future, and has sometimes created a sensation in the classic Owl Creek valley.

Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.

The surface is diversified by hill and vale. The Muskingum river, by a gently winding course, traverses the western part from north to south through a rich and fertile valley. Level bottom lands, for the most part, stretch away for a distance on either side, with low hills rising beyond; but, at times, the hills rise al^iost precipitously from the river's bank, on one side or the other. Farther east the land becomes rougher, and, along the eastern line, breaks into rugged! hills. Will's creek, a stream of considerable size and of very irregular course, is the principal tributary of the river in this township. Entering the southwest corner of the township from Linton, it dips down into Muskingum county ; appearing again near the middle of the southern line, it crops northward about one and a half miles to Frew's mill, there bends sharply to the south and, by a circuitous route, reaches the river in the southwest corner of the township. The other streams are inconsiderable and thread the township in various directions. The soil in the river bottoms is a rich loam, and seems incapable of wearing out. Year after year, almost beyond the recollection of men, corn crops have been successively raised with no apparent decrease in the yield. Upon the hills the soil is generally sandy. The timber is of the varieties usually found in this region. Upon a knoll in the eastern part of the township (section 20) are found a few scrubby pines.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

Jafnes Robinson, the youngest child, was born in Clarksburg, Virginia, 1787, inherited the homestead, where he remained until his death, in 1856. During this time he was one of the active and public spirited men of the county. He served one term as associate judge and two terms as State representative ; but his time and enthusiasm was absorbed principally in agricultural and kindred pursuits. He engaged in stock deal- ing, and several times crossed the mountains with droves of cattle. He was actively interested in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a staunch and steadfast adherent. His house was the principal place of meetings in this neighborhood in anti-church days, and many times 150 or more people would here assemble, coming from a distance on horseback, and themselves and horses would be provided for through his old time hospitality. He was twice married, in 1811 and in 1815. By his first wife he had two sons; by the second seven daughters and five sons. Of these, two sons and one daughter are all that now remain.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

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

Fires near this place

16 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Conesville between 2013 and 2020, burning about 49 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9065
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources681
1 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15481
26 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15044
26 March 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15083
26 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15068

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 664 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 664 specimens collected within 10 miles of Conesville between 1846 and 1974: 507 Animalia, 90 Plantae, 62 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. F. 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 Medicago lupulina L.Medicago lupulina L.1942Harold N. Moldenkenear coshocton
Specimen of Cercospora barbareae (Sacc.) ChuppCercospora barbareae (Sacc.) Chupp1943Lawrence J. King; L.O. OverholtsWatershed 130
A photograph of the species Tortula obtusifolia, not of this specimenTortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu1846W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1892No Person (Birds)Coshocton Co
A photograph of the species Empidonax virescens, not of this specimenEmpidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)1898Williamson, E. B.Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Hemistena lata, not of this specimenHemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)1903Sterki, VictorCoshocton
A photograph of the species Lampsilis fasciola, not of this specimenLampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 18201903Sterki, VictorCoshocton

All 664 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conesville in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 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 2019Flash FloodConesville$5,000Report of County Road 287 flooded in Conesville via social media.
June 2015Flash FloodConesville$5,000Law enforcement reported Route 16 at County Road 75 closed due to flash flooding.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindConesville$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew several large tree limbs down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindConesville$500A trained spotter reported that a strong thunderstorm blew siding off a neighboring house.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindConesville-Downed trees and power lines were reported in the area of Conesville.
June 2008HailConesville-The public reported nickel size hail near Conesville.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindConesville-Trees down.
April 2025HailConesville-no account filed
June 2013HailConesville-no account filed
June 2013HailConesville-no account filed
June 2013HailConesville-no account filed
June 2009HailConesville-no account filed
June 2009HailConesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coshocton 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
Blue Row1.7 miles14
Franklin2.1 miles14
Wills Creek2.2 miles14
Tyndall2.3 miles14
Willowbrook (historical)3.5 miles14
Clowville (historical)4.2 miles14
New Moscow4.7 miles14
Pleasant Valley4.7 miles14

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 ConesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q964501The 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 1048625. 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.

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.