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Groveport, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43125. It stands on Blacklick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Columbus quadrangle. 6,009 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGroveport grew from 5,363 to 6,009 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 | 5,363 | |
| 2020 | 6,009 | +646 (+12%) |
Then and now
1925 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 59 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
16 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.
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
792 words on this townshipHistory of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858 names this settlement in its chapter on Madison Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In February, 1844, Wm. II. Rarey laid out the eastern part of the present town, adjoining the canal, and named it " Rarey's-Port." Mr. Rarey was also a resident of the place at the time. The village improved as fast as either of the proprietors could reasonably expect, but each end of it bearing a different name. The propriety of a common name for the whole, soon became manifest to all. Each proprietor would doubtless have preferred his own chosen name. The citizens finally, willing to treat both proprietors alike, concluded to drop the prefix, or personal name of both, and retain the latter part of each name, and thus the name of " Groveport " was agreed upon ; and by that name it was incorporated at the session of 1846-7.
Passage source: History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858.
Groveport is quite a business place, well supplied with stores of dry goods and groceries, one drug store, three physicians, four churches, one Baptist, one Methodist, one Presbyterian, and one United Brethren, and a large and commodious school house. In 1850, the population was 483.
Passage source: History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858.
Beside the churches in the town of Winchester and Groveport, there are in this township a good Methodist meeting house, on the farm of Mr. Thomas Needles, known by the name of " White Chapel," erected about the year 1842 or '43 ; and a small German church somf^ two or three miles from Winchester, erected about the year 1849. The Presbyterians worship at the " Truro meeting house," or at Groveport.
Passage source: History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858.
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 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Groveport between 2010 and 2010, burning about 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 7,957 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 7,957 specimens collected within 10 miles of Groveport between 1814 and 1975: 6,028 Animalia, 1,258 Fungi, 524 Plantae, 116 Chromista, 30 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni | 1900 | Tyler, F.J.; O. E. Jennings | Columbus |
 | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
 | Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1814 | not recorded | Columbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
 | Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927 | 1821 | C. Huber | Columbus |
 | Solidago riddellii Frank | 1832 | W. A. Kellerman | A few miles N of Columbus. |
 | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1834 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1837 | W. S. Sullivant | Near Columbus |
 | Carex bullata Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Carex comosa Boott | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
 | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1897 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Clevenger, J. F. | Columbus |
All 7,957 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Groveport: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Walnut Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Big Walnut Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Masons Plant Number 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mcdaniel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveport in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Lightning | Groveport | 2 hurt | Two men were injured when lightning struck a tree that they were standing under. The men, aged 22 and 24, had been fishing at a nearby pond and were waiting out the storm underneath the tree. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveport | $60,000 | Half of a roof was blown off of a pole barn, a shed was destroyed, a garage was blown in and lifted off of its foundation, a roof was blown off of a house, and other homes in the area were damaged due to thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Groveport | $50,000 | The tornado began within or near the Walnut Woods Metro Park area, more specifically west of Richardson Road. Numerous pine trees were snapped and uprooted, likely indicating the strongest period of the tornado. The tornado continued eastward over Lithopolis Road where more tree damage was observed. In the Canal Winchester area, additional tree damage and light structure damage was observed throughout the city, with the damage centered on West Waterloo Street on the north side of town. The tornado then moved into Fairfield County as it crossed U.S. Route 33 at 0552EST. The tornado ended at 0554EST, about 1.5 miles north of Waterloo. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Groveport | $40,000 | A brief tornado touched down near Bixby Road between Walden Trace and Hickory Grove Circle. The tornado struck two barns. Both barns were totally destroyed with damage blown into a nearby field. Another nearby barn lost almost all of the roof. Damage is indicative of wind speeds around 70 miles per hour. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Groveport | $30,000 | Twelve greenhouses constructed of metal poles overlaid with a plastic material were damaged to various degrees. The greenhouse farthest west was hit first by the circulation and was almost completely destroyed. Many of the plants inside the greenhouses were low to the ground and therefore sustained very little damage. A metal door on a small warehouse attached to the greenhouses was bent. Balled and bur-lapped trees were pulled toward the center of the path. Additional damage at this location included plant transport carts pulled from a loading dock into a small pond. A small metal storage shed toward the end of the observed path was also heavily distorted. Trees west of the damage path and a house immediately east of the path were not damaged. Estimated maximum wind speed based on damage is around 83 miles per hour. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Groveport | $10,000 | High water was reported at the Groveport golf course, with multiple cars trapped in the parking lot due to flood water. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveport | $4,000 | A few trees were blown down and the siding was stripped off of a house. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveport | $3,000 | A few trees and power lines were downed at Bixby Road and Ebright Road. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveport | $2,000 | Trees and limbs were downed. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Groveport | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveport | $1,000 | Several large branches were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groveport | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down outside a Groveport city building due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Groveport | - | High water was covering part of Hamilton Road. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Groveport | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Groveport | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Groveport | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Groveport | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Groveport | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Groveport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bixford Green | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cobbleton Grove | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Edgewater Park | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Zimmer | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Blacklick Estates | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Village At Shannon Green | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bright (historical) | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Edward | 2.5 miles | 16 |
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 Groveport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1025986 | 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 1062797. 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.