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.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1907 USGS South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
50,366 words on this townshipThe 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.
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 732 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell | 1878 | Beardslee, H.C. | near Springfield |
![]() | Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh. | 1916 | W.G. Stover; E.C. Leonard | near Springfield |
![]() | Ustilago heufleri Fuckel | 1917 | E.R. Leonard | |
![]() | Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Staphylea trifolia L. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. | 1846 | not recorded | Springfield |
![]() | Bryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | near Springfield |
![]() | Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Hygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Schwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. angustifolium H.Lindb. ex Limpr. | 1871 | H. J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1871 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
All 732 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Springfield Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Springfield Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2024Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harmony | $5,000 | Two trees were downed, causing damage to the siding on a home as well as to the garage. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harmony | $4,000 | Several trees were snapped and uprooted along Newlove Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harmony | $250 | Numerous large branches were downed on Fletcher Pike. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harmony | $250 | A 12 inch diameter tree was downed near New Love Road and Interstate 70. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxtoby (historical) | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Garden Acres | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeview Acres | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Holiday Hills | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hollandia View | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Thorps | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Meadow Lane | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sherwood Park | 3.3 miles | 15 |
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 Harmony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133799 | 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 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.

























