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Groesbeck, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Colerain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45239. The Survey maps it on the Cincinnati West quadrangle. 7,365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.

Groesbeck within Hamilton County

Population over time

2 figures

Groesbeck grew from 6,788 to 7,365 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,788
20207,365+577 (+9%)

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Groesbeck, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Groesbeck, surveyed 1914

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.

What happened here

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

From History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881 - Colerain Township

Population Jared Cloud

of Colerain township, was born on St. Patrick's day, the seventeenth of March, 1808; is Of Welsh, and Enghsh descent on his father's side and of French descent on that of his mother. Mason Jones Cloud, his grandfather, came from Virginia about the year 1778, and settled in Boone county, Kentucky. Unfortunately for the fate of Mason, he was required to return to Virginia for a sum of money there due him, and after only a three days' stay in his new home, in company with two others, set out on his perilous trip, and, with his companions, was massacred on Licking river by the hostile Indians.

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In the county-history sources

9,514 words on this township

History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Colerain Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The township is pretty well provided with wagon-roads; but the great highway through it is the famous Colerain pike, which intersects it almost in a diagonal from Mount Airy, first beyond the southeast corner of the township, to a point upon the river-road in the direction of Venice, Butler county, very near the northwest corner. It is described in King's Pocket-book of Cincinnati, as "a continuation of Central avenue. At the junction of Central avenue with Denman street, the site of the old Brighton house, it takes a northerly direction, passing through Camp Washington by the workhouse and the house of refuge, through Cumminsville (by the Wesleyan cemetery) and Mount Airy, on to Colerain township, from which it received its name. Continuing, it passes through Venice and Oxford, in Butler county, where it is known as the Cincinnati pike. The road is well macadamized." After leaving Mount Airy at a mile's distance, it passes the village of Groesbeck, in Colerain township; a little more than two miles further it passes through Bevis, and at about three miles' distance the old village site of Georgetown. All the villages of the tpwnship, except Pleasant Run, a hamlet in the northwest corner, are situated upon this fine road.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.

Charles Stout was born in Hopewell township. New Jersey, in 1783. From this State he came directly to Ohio, and settled in Colerain township in 1801. His death occurred in the same region January 14, 1866. His business was that of a farmer, and he was a member of the Baptist church for about twenly-five years. His wife, Mary Duvall, was born March 3, 1790, and died January 10, 1859. Of their twelve children, Ann Elizabeth Struble died in 1834, Stephen in 182 1, and Mary R. in 1828. Jane Stout resides in Groesbeck, Joseph R. in Illinois, Oliver in Indiana, Charlotte Hill in Hamilton county; and Eleanor Bevis, Axsher Bevis, Benajah, Andrew J., and William remain in Colerain.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.

James Poole resides on the Locus farm, the beautiful site near Groesbeck's, Colerain township. He was born March 29, 1824, in Hamilton county, and has been iden- tified in the interests of that portion of the State during his life. He was a soldier in the late war, and is an active member of the church. His father, William Poole, came from Vermont in 18 16, and died in Springfield, Ohio, in 1868. James Poole was married January 3, 1857, to Emily Cilley, daughter of Bradbury Cilley.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.

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 2 more 2 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,766 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,766 specimens collected within 10 miles of Groesbeck between 1819 and 1975: 2,184 Fungi, 1,588 Animalia, 813 Plantae, 141 Protozoa, 21 Unrecorded, 18 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. Braun, A. F. Braun 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 Clavaria striata Pers.Clavaria striata Pers.1899Aiken, Walter H.College Hill
Specimen of Corticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.CurtisCorticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.Curtis1899C.G. LloydCincinnati
Specimen of Microsphaera diffusa Cooke & PeckMicrosphaera diffusa Cooke & Peck1899Aiken, Walter H.Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Quercus leana, not of this specimenQuercus × leana Nutt.1819Thomas Nuttall3 miles North of Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Atrichum angustatum, not of this specimenAtrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.1820T. G. Leaprobably Cincinnatti
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1820T. G. Leaprobably Cincinnatti
A photograph of the species Rhus venenata, not of this specimenRhus venenata DC.1830Clark, JosephNorth of Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Equisetum arvense, not of this specimenEquisetum arvense L.1834Short, Charles Wilkins; Lea, Thomas G.Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1835Collector unspecifiedIn citivate Ohio prope Cincinnati. [Inferred locality from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Carex davisii, not of this specimenCarex davisii Schwein. & Torr.1835Frankin ditione Miami civitatis Ohio
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1835Joseph C. FrankCincinnati.
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897Kellerman, W.A.College Hill

All 4,766 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groesbeck in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGroesbeck$100,000Severe thunderstorms remained across the county for nearly three hours causing around 5000 trees to be knocked down. The locations with the most trees down were Madisonville, Hyde Park, Mount Lookout and Mount Washington. Lunken Field Municipal Airport recorded a wind gust to 62 mph during the storm. Also, quarter size hail fell in Colerain and walnut size hail fell in Groesbeck.
April 2002HailGroesbeck$8,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGroesbeck$5,000Multiple large limbs were downed. Some fell onto and damaged a few cars.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindGroesbeck$5,000The Olive Garden restaurant sign was blown down near Northgate Mall.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindGroesbeck$5,000Numerous trees, some up to one foot in diameter, were dropped across the northern Cincinnati suburbs.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGroesbeck$1,000Several large branches were downed with some of them falling on parked cars.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGroesbeck$1,000Several large branches were downed.
May 2020HailGroesbeck-no account filed
August 2015HailGroesbeck-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Chesswood Acres0.4 miles18
White Oak Meadows0.7 miles18
White Oak1.0 miles18
Autumn Acres1.0 miles18
Skyline Acres1.1 miles18
Crestwood Acres1.2 miles18
Galaxy Acres1.3 miles18
Oakdale1.3 miles18

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 GroesbeckAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1810656The 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 1064771. 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.

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.

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.