BlockFranklin, 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 43812. It lies near Barnes Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Conesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1908 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1994 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,730 words on this townshipHistorical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876 names this settlement in its chapter on Franklin Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The list of earliest settlersinFranklin township includes the names of James Robinson, Benjamin Robinson, John Robinson, Wm. J. Robinson, Michael Miller, Jacob Jackson, James Tanner, John Walmsley, W^illiam Taylor, Abraham Thompson, Joseph Scott, John G. Pigman, Obadiah Davidson, Valentine and Jane Johnson, Geo. Littick, Isaac Shanbaugh, Philip Ilershman, and Lewis Roderick. Onehalf of the township was originally owned by Michael Miller, Sr., and the Robinsons, each having a four-thousand-acre tract. James Robinson, William Davidson, and John G. Pigman were men of more than the average (for their day) education and force of character. None of those taking part in the organization of the township are now living, but the descendants of many of them are still well known in the township. The earlier settlers were nearly all from Virginia.
Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.
The German element, for some years quite prominent in this township, first became noticeable about 1835. About 1840, there was a considerable immigration of French. Of later years, the Germans have been outnumbered by the French, the former having moved largely to the west. James Robinson, of this township, was a member of the Legislature, and also an associate judge of the county. G. A. Mc- Cleary has also been in the Legislature. Henry Schmeser has served as county commissioner. Isaac Shambaugh was the discoverer of the Wills creek oil springs. Louis Roderick was a preacher connected with the German Baptists (Dunkards). He held services mainly at the house of Philip Hershman for more than thirty years, and- was wellknown throughout the county. He died a few years since in Lafayette township at the advanced age of ninety-tive years. Mrs. George A. McCleary is reputed as the first child born in the township. She was a daughter of James Tanner. Isaac Shambaugh is doubtless the oldest person now living in the township. He came from Virginia in 1816, and is nearly ninety. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, as was also Robert Hawk, of this township.
Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.
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.
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 9 more 9 times.
Fires near this place
17 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2012 and 2020, burning about 14 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5106 |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7872 |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15666 |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 681 |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 930 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 930 specimens collected within 10 miles of Franklin between 1846 and 1974: 768 Animalia, 95 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Medicago lupulina L. | 1942 | Harold N. Moldenke | near coshocton |
 | Cercospora barbareae (Sacc.) Chupp | 1943 | Lawrence J. King; L.O. Overholts | Watershed 130 |
 | Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu | 1846 | W. S. Sullivant | |
 | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
 | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
 | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1898 | Williamson, E. B. | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
 | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
 | Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
All 930 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyndall | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Row | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Conesville | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Clowville (historical) | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wills Creek | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Willowbrook (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Coshocton | 4.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050369. 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.