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Harmony, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45505. It stands on Sinking Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Moorefield quadrangle.

Harmony within Clark County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harmony, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Harmony, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

In the county-history sources

50,366 words on this township

The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Harmony Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

A venerable and hallowed legacy of the early pioneers is the old graveyard of Springfield, located on Columbia street. Its early history extends beyond the memory of the older citizens, and when the village of Springfield was laid out by James Demint, September 5, 1803, three lots were here reserved as a graveyard. But with the growth of the city, its use was abandoned, and it is said that at one time an effort was made to have it utilized for building purposes, but legal difficulties prevented this desirable end.

Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881.

Peter Sintz, Sr., was born in Pennsylvania in April, 1776, and was th :on of Nicholas and Margaret (Metzger) Sintz, he a native of Germany ands. of Pennsylvania. In boyhood, Peter moved to Virginia with his parents, anu in 1802 he came to Springfield. In 1804, he married Elizabeth Critz, a native of Maryland, to whom was born seven children, viz., Margaret, Nicholas, Mary, George, Susan, Peter and Elizabeth. He built his cabin in Section 23, on the farm where his daughter Susan now lives, accumulated a large estate, and died,

Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881.

The machinery, which, except the bolting apparatus, was propelled by water-power, was of the simplest kind, and home-made. Customers, when their wheat had been ground to flour, were required to carry it up a ladder to the bolting room, and there bolt it for themselves, turning the bolting-cloth by a winch. One of the early citizens (Caleb Tuttle) who, when a boy, had overtaxed his youthful muscle at this bolting process, averred that his recollections of Simon Kenton were in no way pleasant, reminding him of hard work at the winch. There were only a few pounds of iron in all the machinery of this mill, and probably not one pound of nails. Kenton built a rude dwelling near

Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, 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 Harmony Township - it names this place 71 more 71 times.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Reuben Warren House, Route 40, Harmony, Clark County, OH
Reuben Warren House, Route 40, Harmony, Clark County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires near this place

1 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Harmony between 2002 and 2002, burning about 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 732 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 732 specimens collected within 10 miles of Harmony between 1840 and 1974: 486 Animalia, 204 Plantae, 42 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 73.7; J.H., A. Barron, A. N. Leeds 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 Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) BlasdellCystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell1878Beardslee, H.C.near Springfield
Specimen of Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.1916W.G. Stover; E.C. Leonardnear Springfield
Specimen of Ustilago heufleri FuckelUstilago heufleri Fuckel1917E.R. Leonard
A photograph of the species Caulophyllum thalictroides, not of this specimenCaulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.1840Williams, M.G.Springfield
A photograph of the species Staphylea trifolia, not of this specimenStaphylea trifolia L.1840Williams, M.G.Springfield
A photograph of the species Funaria hygrometrica, not of this specimenFunaria hygrometrica Hedw.1846not recordedSpringfield
A photograph of the species Bryhnia graminicolor, not of this specimenBryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout1870J. W. Eckfeldtnear Springfield
A photograph of the species Bryum pseudotriquetrum, not of this specimenBryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Hygroamblystegium tenax, not of this specimenHygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Schwetschkeopsis denticulata, not of this specimenSchwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Amblystegium serpens, not of this specimenAmblystegium serpens var. angustifolium H.Lindb. ex Limpr.1871H. J. BiddlecomeSpringfield
A photograph of the species Asterella tenella, not of this specimenAsterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv.1871Hannah J. BiddlecomeSpringfield

All 732 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Harmony: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Springfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Springfield Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Springfield Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

4 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmony in 4 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHarmony$5,000Two trees were downed, causing damage to the siding on a home as well as to the garage.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHarmony$4,000Several trees were snapped and uprooted along Newlove Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHarmony$250Numerous large branches were downed on Fletcher Pike.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindHarmony$250A 12 inch diameter tree was downed near New Love Road and Interstate 70.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Oxtoby (historical)1.5 miles14
Garden Acres2.5 miles14
Lakeview Acres2.5 miles14
Holiday Hills2.7 miles14
Hollandia View2.9 miles14
Thorps3.0 miles14
Meadow Lane3.0 miles15
Sherwood Park3.3 miles15

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 HarmonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133799The 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 1056312. 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.