Hanover, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Hanover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43055. It stands on Brushy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hanover quadrangle. 1,270 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHanover grew from 921 to 1,270 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 | 921 | |
| 2020 | 1,270 | +349 (+38%) |
Then and now
1909 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 57 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
12 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.
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
13 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Hanover between 2011 and 2020, burning about 30 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9045 |
| 23 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12545 |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3345 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7054 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6866 |
| 10 February 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11169 |
| 7 November 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6095 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 603 shownMuseums hold 603 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hanover between 1893 and 1975: 545 Animalia, 43 Fungi, 15 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ANGEVINE & SEVER, Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Toboso |
![]() | Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1922 | E. B. | Newark |
![]() | Puccinia asteris Duby | 1922 | E. Bartholomew | |
![]() | Cladonia symphycarpa (Ehrh. ex Schrad.) Fr. | 1894 | Bogue, E.E. | Black Hand |
![]() | Lysimachia quadriflora Sims | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Smilax herbacea L. | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
![]() | Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 | 1896 | E. B. Williamson | Licking Reservoir |
![]() | Chara contraria Kütz. | 1897 | E. B. Williamson | Newark |
![]() | Perlesta ephelida Grubbs & DeWalt, 2012 | 1899 | not recorded | Newark |
![]() | Perlinella ephyre (Newman, 1839) | 1899 | not recorded | Newark |
![]() | Efferia Coquillett, 1893 | 1901 | Collector(s): Raymond C. Osburn | Newark |
![]() | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1926 | not recorded | Cold Springs, within Licking Co (location in doubt), Licking County, township n/a |
All 603 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hanover: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
9 since 2002The National Weather Service names Hanover in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $20,000 | Trees and powerlines were downed near the intersection of State Route 16 and State Route 146. Route 16 was closed for a period due to debris on the road. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $8,000 | A 36 foot tractor trailer was moved and tipped over due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $3,000 | A few trees knocked down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $2,000 | Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Briarcliff Road. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $500 | A large limb was knocked down. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Hanover | - | 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.
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 Hanover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2261011 | 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 1064788. 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.























