Glasgow, Ohio
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43968. It stands on Round Knob. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 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
20 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.
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Wellsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
15,049 words on this townshipHistory of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Madison Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The surface of the township is hilly in every part, and, in common with neighboring elevated regions, Madison is a healthful country and abounds in fine natural prospects. The salubrious climate conduces to extreme longevity, and to a remarkable retention of vigor, both physical and mental, by the aged.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
One of the first to locate upon this tract was Andrew McPherson, who came over in 1802 with two sons and two daughters, and took up the southeast quarter of section .26. Of Mr. McPherson's family of four sons and four daughters, one son, Andrew, is still a resident of Madison.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
A post-office was first established at Glasgow in 1837. The first postmaster was John McBane, who served until his death, when his brother Alexander received the appointment, and held it until his death, in J875, when John Lewis, the present appointee, entered the office.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
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 Madison Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Glasgow between 1993 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15273 |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15281 |
| 21 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15816 |
| 4 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CRESENT |
| 7 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15128 |
| 6 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | NEWELL |
| 4 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 624 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 624 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glasgow between 1889 and 1975: 445 Animalia, 154 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Mac Gillivroy, Adler, K. K., Albert Peyron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon | 1916 | E.K. Seymour | Lower campus |
![]() | Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
![]() | Polyporus galactinus Berk. | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
![]() | Polistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763) | 1889 | A. D. Mac Gillivroy | Salineville |
![]() | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1889 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840) | 1891 | not recorded | ||
| Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864) | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
![]() | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1892 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Megachile mendica Cresson, 1878 | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
![]() | Polyporus luridus Kalchbr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | Spring Grove |
![]() | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | East Liverpool |
![]() | Plantago rugelii Decne. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | Lisbon |
All 624 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glasgow: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Fire Clay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1840 | |
| Wellsville Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glasgow in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glasgow | $50,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down across portions of the southern half of the county. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Glasgow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Rock Camp | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Campus | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| West Point | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Glenmoor | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Highlandtown | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Grove | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Wellsville | 4.4 miles | 22 |
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 Glasgow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133776 | 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 1064726. 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.




























