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Farmington, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Colerain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43912. It stands on Steep Run. The Survey maps it on the Lansing quadrangle.

Farmington within Belmont County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Farmington, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Farmington, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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

5,147 words on this township

Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Colerain Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Farmington was established about the time the National Road was in contemplation and its founder hoped to direct the road through that village. Wherefore in 1818 the town was laid out by Daniel McPeak and many lots were sold at high prices for that period. But when the great thoroughfare was established and the route determined upon was three miles south of the village, the effort was abandoned. Some of the early occupants of the town were the Bundys, Mortons, Mitchells, Berrys and Dunlaps.

Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.

The town supports two secret organizations, viz : Knights of Pythias and Order of United American Mechanics, and a large hall has recently been constructed for their accommodation. The Knights of Pythias have a membership of 70. The officers for 1902 are: C.,

Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.

y\t that time there was a steady tide of immigration and the new arrivals lodged with those that had erected cabins. Even the best cabins were none too good .and to many of the people of the settlement the life was a great change from that to which they had been accustomed. To pass from affluence, to live in the wilderness surrounded by wild beasts and but slight comforts at the command of the wealthiest, was a great trial. But they settled down to make the l)est of the situation.

Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.

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 Colerain Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.

Fires near this place

19 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Farmington between 2003 and 2020, burning about 42 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9667
17 April 2019Debris and open burning1.1 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15159
12 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12065
8 March 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15448
27 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7949
27 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11238
27 February 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12045

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,239 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,239 specimens collected within 10 miles of Farmington between 1800 and 1975: 1,037 Plantae, 117 Fungi, 83 Animalia, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. D. Selby & E. L. Moseley, A. D. Selby & J. F. Hicks 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 Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829Racodium E.M.Fries, 18291829J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 17631839J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 1860Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 18601975not recorded
A photograph of the species Houstonia caerulea, not of this specimenHoustonia caerulea L.1800Guttenberg, G.near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Robinia L., not of this specimenRobinia L.1829Guttenberg, G.Wheeling
A photograph of the species Persicaria virginiana, not of this specimenPersicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.1835E. WilkinsonOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sparganioides, not of this specimenCarex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.1837B. FrankOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sullivantii, not of this specimenCarex × sullivantii Boott1842W. S. SullivantOhio
A photograph of the species Homalothecium subcapillatum, not of this specimenHomalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull.1843D. Sullivan
A photograph of the species Euphorbia maculata, not of this specimenEuphorbia maculata L.1844S. B. MeadOhio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Carex gracilescens, not of this specimenCarex gracilescens Steud.1847G. B. AshcroftOhio

All 1,239 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Farmington: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Ayers Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Belmont 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
Barton1.0 miles18
Colerain1.4 miles17
Crescent2.1 miles18
Sunset Heights2.2 miles18
Morningview2.6 miles17
Blaine2.8 miles18
Lansing2.9 miles18
Pleasant Grove3.1 miles17

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 FarmingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133743The 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 1064642. 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.