Crossenville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43748. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,952 words on this township1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Crossenville was laid out in 1817, by William Crossen. It grew into a thriving little village, and, for a long time, was a point of considerable trade. It was at one time a tobacco market of some consequence. It had also a post office, for some twenty or thirty years, but that has long been discontinuéd. Crossenville now has one church, two stores, a number of private houses, and a population of about fifty. The village is beautifully situated on the high grounds between the waters of Rush Creek and Monday Creek.
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at Crossenville was organized and a house of worship erected at a very early day. A class was also in existence several years before any church was built. The old church was eventually disposed of, and a yew commodious structure substituted, which is still in use. The congregation was for many years a strong one, but of late vears has been somewhat reduced by removals and the organization of new congregations, though regular preaching and other religious services are sustained. ;
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.
Fires near this place
34 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Crossenville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 35 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 | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5126 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15615 |
| 3 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15614 |
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BRASS RING FIRE |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15676 |
| 21 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4566 |
| 2 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4367 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 232 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 232 specimens collected within 10 miles of Crossenville between 1891 and 1975: 169 Animalia, 37 Plantae, 19 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Black R. J., Buchanan, J. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd. | 1910 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Equisetum arvense L. | 1937 | Sharps, M.E. | Rush Creek Twp. |
![]() | Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | [Specific locality illegible.] |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Puccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle | 1895 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Uromyces junci Tul. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | Junction City |
![]() | Natrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856) | 1902 | Dilto, C. R. | Perry Co., Ohio |
![]() | Puccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr. | |
| Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary | 1903 | Black R. J. | Bremen | |
![]() | Endothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens | 1912 | Nixon E. L. | Perry Co. |
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1915 | G.G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
![]() | Telmatodytes palustris (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1926 | Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | Honey Creek, Buckeye Lake, Perry, Ohio, USA |
All 232 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Crossenville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Maxville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Junction City Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kishler Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rush Creek Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rush Creek Clay Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crossenville in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossenville | $3,500 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in the Junction City and Somerset areas. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossenville | $2,000 | Lines were downed on Mainesville road. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Crossenville | $2,000 | Multiple roads were closed due to high water across southern Perry County as a result of continued minor flooding on Sunday and Monday Creeks, and their smaller feeder creeks. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Crossenville | $2,000 | Several of the small tributaries to Monday Creek rose out of their banks. Dutch Ridge Road and Route 312 were both closed due to flooding. Radar estimates indicated 2-3 inches of rain fell . |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossenville | $500 | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Township Road 235 and Marietta Road in Crossenville. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crossenville | $250 | A tree fell down onto the intersection of Monday Creek Township Road and Township Road 186. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Crossenville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Asbury (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Clarksville | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Junction City | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Maxville | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Avlon | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Carthon | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dixie | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075655. 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.
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.























