Hartwood, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43837. It stands on Backus Knob. The Survey maps it on the Gnadenhutten quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 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
15 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 Uhrichsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gnadenhutten quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Gnadenhutten quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Gnadenhutten quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Gnadenhutten quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Gnadenhutten quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Gnadenhutten quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,378 words on this townshipThe History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Hartwood Methodist Protestant Church stands in the northwestern part of the township, in the southeast corner of Lot 18. The society was organized between 1830 and 1835. The Woodwards, McFees, Dorseys, Murphys aud a few others were the earliest members. The first house was built of logs, and was of the most primitive stamp. The seats were in keeping with the building, and consisted simply of slab benches without backs.
Passage source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
11 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hartwood between 2016 and 2020, burning about 38 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 | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13588 |
| 11 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13665 |
| 5 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9245 |
| 3 April 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15689 |
| 15 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9247 |
| 15 April 2016 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4806 |
| 10 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13705 |
| 10 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13105 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 158 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 158 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hartwood between 1851 and 1973: 110 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 20 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Perry, Allen, John, Borror, D.J. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Paxina hispida (Schaeff.) Seaver | 1935 | Cooke, William Bridge | Rock House |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1960 | Holt | Newcomerstown, 3.5 Mile NW Of junction Highway 21 & 258 on 21 |
![]() | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx. | 1851 | Wolle, J. | Tuscarawa City |
![]() | Euglesa casertana (Poli, 1791) | 1910 | Allen, John | Hahn's Grove, near Dover Bay |
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1910 | not recorded | Warwick |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Philadelphia Road |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Philadelphia Road |
![]() | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Philadelphia Road |
![]() | Lasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Philadelphia Road |
![]() | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Philadelphia Road |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Tuscarawas River, near mouth of Dunlap Creek |
All 158 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 Hartwood: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Washington Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stocker Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| E J Heston Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Playford Bliss Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernice | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gilmore | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Berwyn (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Port Washington | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Glasgow | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Peoli | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Booth | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Elm (historical) | 4.5 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 Hartwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133806 | 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 1062484. 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.


























