BlockCromley, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43103. It stands on Little Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashville 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
1914 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 78 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:
On record in Cromley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ashville Depotlisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Ashville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Ashville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,437 words on this townshipHistory of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Walnut Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
About a year after the Williamson brothers came here, William and Joseph Buck and their families, who were originally from Pennsylvania, moved here from Kentucky. James Martin, from Pennsylvania, settled here as early as 1798 and Abraham Crist came about 1800. In the spring of 180 2 the settlement was further increased in size by the arrival of William Ward and family, from Pendleton County. Virginia. The family consisted of his wife and seven children, a married daughter remaining behind. In 1803 John Morris, Thomas Longworth and John Hager, Sr., became residents of Walnut township.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
The first place selected by the people of Walnut township for the burial of their dead: was located on. section 16. The first burial, i and probably the first death in the township, was that of a child of Cornelius Williamson, which was prior to 1800. The oldest inscrip- I tion is that on the tombstone of Mary Ward,
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
At the present time Walnut township has nine districts; each district is supplied with a brick school-building, all being in good condition. The township Board of Education, elected in November, 1904. is as follows; George W. Bowers, George M. Scothorn and W. A. Parks - four years; Thaddeus E. Cromley and A. E. Weaver - two years. The township has no township high school, but has a third interest in the Ashville High School, which is managed by a committee of nine, on which committee the boards of education of Walnut and Harrison townships and the Ashville Village District are each represented by three members. Pupils from Walnut township have therefore the privilege of attending the Ashville High School.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
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 Walnut Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Cromley (historical) in 2009, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,597 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,597 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cromley (historical) between 1829 and 1975: 2,530 Animalia, 52 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. White, M. Trautman, T. Cavender, Abbott, R; and others 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1892 | W.A. Kellerman | |
 | unnamed | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Big Walnut. |
 | Rallus elegans elegans Audubon, 1834 | 1829 | Florence, A. (Arledge) | Col Anderson farm 6 1/2 mi west of Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 1812 | 1876 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Darby Creek, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1877 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Goose Pond, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert, 1783 | 1879 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Mearns, E.A. | Circleville near Scioto River. |
 | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Niles Woods, near Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
 | Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Scioto River bottoms near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
All 2,597 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cromley (historical): 3 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Spradlin Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sturm and Dillard Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sturm and Dillard Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Court | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Ashville | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Suburban Village | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Rhoads (historical) | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Millport | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Little Chicago | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Little Walnut | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Griffith (historical) | 1.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1080600. 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.