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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.

Crossenville within Perry County

Then and now

1907 to 2002

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Crossenville, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Crossenville, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

2,952 words on this township

1883 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.

Read the whole chapter on Jackson Township.

Fires near this place

34 since 2006

Regional 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 burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5126
6 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15615
3 April 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15614
25 April 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestBRASS RING FIRE
22 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15676
21 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4566
2 April 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4367

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 232 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Equisetum arvense L.Equisetum arvense L.1937Sharps, M.E.Rush Creek Twp.
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Puccinia schedonnardi, not of this specimenPuccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle1895W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Uromyces junci, not of this specimenUromyces junci Tul.1901W. A. KellermanJunction City
A photograph of the species Natrix kirtlandii, not of this specimenNatrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856)1902Dilto, C. R.Perry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Puccinia muhlenbergiae, not of this specimenPuccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw.1902W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr.
Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary1903Black R. J.Bremen
A photograph of the species Endothia fluens, not of this specimenEndothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens1912Nixon E. L.Perry Co.
A photograph of the species Coleosporium carneum, not of this specimenColeosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1915G.G. HedgcockGainesville
A photograph of the species Telmatodytes palustris, not of this specimenTelmatodytes palustris (A.Wilson, 1810)1926Franks, 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 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Maxville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Maxville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Junction City Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kishler Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Rush Creek Clay Company PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Rush Creek Clay Company PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCrossenville$3,500Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in the Junction City and Somerset areas.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindCrossenville$2,000Lines were downed on Mainesville road.
March 2017FloodCrossenville$2,000Multiple 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 2017Flash FloodCrossenville$2,000Several 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCrossenville$500A tree was blown down near the intersection of Township Road 235 and Marietta Road in Crossenville.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCrossenville$250A tree fell down onto the intersection of Monday Creek Township Road and Township Road 186.
March 2011HailCrossenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Salem1.1 miles13
Asbury (historical)3.4 miles13
Clarksville3.8 miles13
Junction City4.1 miles13
Maxville4.5 miles14
Avlon4.6 miles13
Carthon4.9 miles13
Dixie6.0 miles14

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.