Havensport, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Greenfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43112. It stands on Poplar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carroll quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 77 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.
- 1907 USGS Thurston quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Thurston quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Carroll quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
5,578 words on this townshipA Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877 names this settlement in its chapter on Greenfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first election for the township was held at Yankeetown in the fall of 1805. The first tax-collector in Greenfield was Colonel Crooks, who was subsequently SheriS" of the county. Emanuel Carpenter is also spoken of as being at that time a citizen of Greenfield. His surviving friends, however, do not remember that he ever lived anywhere but down Hocking.
Passage source: A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877.
There are three villages in Greenfield. Carroll was laid out by William Tong, at the junction of the Ohio and Hocking Valley canals. Havensport, a small village on the canal, was laid oiTby Isaac Havens; and Dumontsville, four miles northwest of Lancaster, by Mr. Dumont, from France.
Passage source: A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio, published 1877.
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 Greenfield Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Havensport between 2008 and 2020, burning about 28 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 | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15761 |
| 24 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BLACKFORK CAR FIRE |
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Wayne National Forest | SR 522 |
| 4 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15878 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,117 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,117 specimens collected within 10 miles of Havensport between 1843 and 1975: 1,787 Animalia, 259 Fungi, 63 Plantae, 6 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant, Bales, B. R., Bangham, R. V. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Kuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur | 1891 | Freda Detmers | Rock Mill |
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Lancaster |
![]() | Cercospora circumscissa Sacc. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Bryoxiphium norvegicum (Brid.) Mitt. | 1843 | Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant | near Lancaster |
![]() | Phyllogonium norvegicum Brid. | 1843 | Gray, A.; W. S. Sullivant | near Lancaster |
![]() | Bruchia flexuosa (Schwägr.) Müll.Hal. | 1849 | C. L. Lesquereux | Lancaster |
![]() | Dicranodontium denudatum (Brid.) E.Britton | 1849 | C. L. Lesquereux | |
![]() | Dicranum condensatum Hedw. | 1849 | C. L. Lesquereux | Lancaster |
| Aecidium compositarum Mart. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
| Aecidium galiorum Pers. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
| Aleurodiscus candidus (Schwein.) Burt | 1883 | W.A. Kellerman | Lancaster | |
| Arthuriomyces peckianus (Howe) Cummins & Y.Hirats. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman |
All 2,117 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Havensport: 2 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favil Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jimmys Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havensport in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 | Flash Flood | Havensport | $20,000 | Havensport Road was washed out due to rushing water. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Havensport | $20,000 | Several trees and barns were damaged along Basil Western Road and Reynoldsburg Baltimore Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harley | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lockville | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dumontville | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stoudertown | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Lockville Station | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hooker | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Baltimore | 4.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048826. 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.



















