Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Glandorf, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ottawa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45848. It stands on Tawa Run. The Survey maps it on the Ottawa quadrangle. 969 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Glandorf within Putnam County

Population over time

2 figures

Glandorf fell from 1,001 to 969 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	1,001
2020	969	-32 (-3%)

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Glandorf, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Glandorf, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Ottawa township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915 - Ottawa Township

Cholera At Gilboa In 1852

In 1852, during the epidemic of cholera, Gilboa was the worst afflicted illage in the county. It had nineteen cases of the dread disease, from which fourteen deaths occurred, only five persons who had the disease recovering. A great many of the people fled from the village, and only two doctorsremained to administer to the afflicted.

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In the county-history sources

352,608 words on this township

History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Ottawa Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The "first tavern was built of hewed logs and was kept by Michael Row. This tavern was well patronized by early travelers and early meetings of the citizens were held here to discuss matters pertaining to the welfare of the township and the early settlers. The first saw-mill was located on the Blanchard river a short distance west of the Glandorf bridge. It was built by James Adgate and was well patronized by the early settlers, there being few saw-mills in the county at this time and a plentiful supply of timber.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

The colonists erected log cabins and these were provided with only the barest necessities of life. In laying out the village of Glandorf, the pioneers held very closely to the custom of the Province of Osnabruck, Germany, whence its founders came. There is but one street deserving the name and that extends over a mile north and south. This street is lined on either side with the quaint, durable and homelike houses of the villagers with their spacious and well-kept yards, the street being interspersed here and there with a few stores and shops. The early industries of Glandorf were shoemaking, woolen-mill, wooden-shoe manufactory and saw-mills, and it is well to note that in 1837 Father Horstmann built the first grist-mill in the village of Glandorf for the accommodation of the early settlers.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

Glandorf for many years was a great boot and shoe center of the county and boasts of the only woolen-mills in the county. The flouring-mill at Glandorf bears the distinction of being- the first in the state using the system of rollers known as the Allfree system, which were put in by Mr. Nartker. This little village also boasts of a large bending works, operated by F. N. Ellis, and a planing-mill, but on the night of Aug'ust 2, 1901, fire was discovered in the planing-mill and before assistance could be called it had made such headway that it was impossible to extinguish. The loss was twenty-five thousand dollars and this was a very severe shock to the town. At present the Americanized German village is well represented in all the different lines of business and does an extensive trade with the surrounding farmers. The population in 1910 was five htmdred and fifty-eight.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

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 Ottawa Township - it names this place 256 more 256 times.

Fires near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Glandorf between 2002 and 2002, burning about 2 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
Recreation and ceremony	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
6 July 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
5 May 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
25 February 2002	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 112 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 112 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glandorf between 1860 and 1969: 104 Animalia, 8 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, Bureau of Fisheries 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)	1893	Bureau of Fisheries	Blanchard River
Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1893	not recorded	Blanchard River, Ottawa
Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)	1893	O. E.	Blanchard River, Ottawa
Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)	1860	unknown	Blanchard R. at Ottawa
Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)	1878	not recorded
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter, J.B.
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter, J.B.
Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
Botaurus Stephens, 1819	1879	not recorded

All 112 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 Glandorf: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Glandorf Tile Company Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glandorf in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2009	Flood	Glandorf	1 killed	Flood waters from the Blanchard River, near Glandorf, caused a truck to be swept off the road on Road 15, north of Road J. Investigators believe that the driver exited the truck attempting to escape the flood water and was swept away. The body of the 74 year old male was recovered about 900 yards from the truck a few days after flood waters receded.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Glandorf	$1,200,000	The tornado formed near Road 13I just south of Township Highway I and dissipated near the Firefox Lake Private Subdivision. As the tornado moved toward the Blanchard River it quickly widened to a peak width of 464 yards or just a little over a quarter of a mile. The tornado continued east before crossing the river again and quickly weakening. The most significant damage occurred along Township Highway I between Roads 13 and 13I. The tornado destroyed six outbuildings including pole barns and well built buildings constructed on a foundation. Over a half dozen homes were damaged with several sustaining major damage including the complete removal of roofs. A large amount of agricultural equipment and eleven vehicles were also damaged or destroyed with total monetary losses initially estimated at $1,200,000.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Glandorf	$25,000	The public reported a barn was blown off its foundation, with numerous trees being downed. Roof damage also occurred to some nearby buildings. Damage is estimated at $25,000.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Glandorf	$2,000	Part of a garage roof was blown off 1.5 miles south of Glandorf. Several large trees with diameters of between 1 and 2 feet were downed in this area.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Glandorf	-	The public reported three inch or larger diameter trees limbs were broken.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Glandorf	-	Four to six inches of rain fell across portions of central Putnam county, resulting in road closures from flowing water, including County Road 5-H and US 224.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Glandorf	-	Spotters reported several branches of three to five inches in diameter being blown down.
June 2006	Hail	Glandorf	-	Numerous reports of hail ranging from penny to quarter size were received along State Route 694 from Glandorf, into Ottawa and east to Gliboa.
June 2006	Hail	Glandorf	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Glandorf	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Green Acres Estates	1.3 miles	12
Ottawa	1.8 miles	12
Upper Tauwa (historical)	3.3 miles	12
New Cleveland	3.8 miles	12
Avis	4.8 miles	11
Elm Center	5.1 miles	12
Wards (historical)	5.2 miles	12
Miller City	5.8 miles	11

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 Glandorf	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1529184	The 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 1064725. 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.