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Highlandtown, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43945. The Survey maps it on the Gavers quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 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
13 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.
- 1905 USGS Salineville 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
- 1960 USGS Gavers quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Gavers quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Gavers quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS East Liverpool quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
10,002 words on this townshipHistory of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In the same ship with Evan McPherson, Alex. Dallas and David Bose came over from Scotland. They stopped some time, however, at New York, but) settled eventually in Washington, - Dallas where William Garside now lives, and Bose upon the Bose place, at Highlandtown.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
In 1819 a Methodist class was organized at the house of Jacob S. Desellems, near the head- waters of Little Yellow Creek, in Wayne township. In that class were 13 members, named as follows : Jacob S. Desellems and wife, Wm. Pumphrey and wife, David Scattergood and wife, John Davis and wife, Francis Bussell and wife, Eleanor McMullen, Catharine Johnson, and Mrs. Mary S. Hoey, Jacob S. Desellems being appointed class-leader. Preaching was held in the school-house and the dwellings of the members until 1841 by Revs. Nathan Callender, John Sharp, B. 0. Plimpton, J. P. Kent, Martin Ruyter, J. Crum, J. McMahan, John Crawford, Ira Edda, Geo. Mc- Caskey, Jos. Montgomery, C. H. Jackson, W. Tipton, J. Crump, R. Armstrong, John McLain, Alcinus Young, P. S. Ruyter, Wm. Henderson, Joshua Monroe. In 1841 a church-edifice was erected on Little Yellow Creek, in Washington, upon land owned by David Scattergood. The congregation was in the Hanover circuit, and in the new church the preachers were Revs. J. K. Mills, Samuel Day, M. L. Weekly, Thos. Winstanley, Simon Elliott, G. A. Lowman, W. Brown, T. C. McClure, J. H. White, W. W. Roup, C. Thorn, W. Deveny, John Houston, J. Ansley, L. Petty, John Grant, D. B. Campbell, J. H. Rogers, Henry Long. The second church-building was put up at Highlandtown, and in it the pastors have been Revs. J. Archibald, M. McGarrett, John Stephens, Z. S. Weller, John Conner, Jos. Hollingshead, R. Jordan, J. R. Roller,
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
Washington has two postal stations, - Salineville and Highlandtown. The first postmaster at Salineville was James Farmer, who was appointed about 1S35. He kept a store at the time, and, in 1840, Jos. G. Lacock, entering as Mr. Farmer's clerk, took active charge of the post-office, although Mr. Farmer continued to be postmaster. Mr. Farmer's successors were G. W. Boring, Win. J. Dallas, and L. C. Dallas. The latter is the present incumbent, and has occupied the office since 1860.
Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.
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 Washington Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Fires near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Highlandtown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 24 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 | 13 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15281 |
| 13 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7426 |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3612 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 451 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 451 specimens collected within 10 miles of Highlandtown between 1889 and 1975: 348 Animalia, 89 Plantae, 13 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Mac Gillivroy, Adler, K. K., Albert Peyron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon | 1916 | E.K. Seymour | Lower campus |
 | Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
 | Polyporus galactinus Berk. | 1917 | Overholts | W. Elkton |
 | Polistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763) | 1889 | A. D. Mac Gillivroy | Salineville |
 | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1889 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840) | 1891 | not recorded | ||
| Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864) | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
 | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1892 | not recorded | Salineville |
| Megachile mendica Cresson, 1878 | 1892 | unknown | Salineville | |
 | Polyporus luridus Kalchbr. | 1895 | Holden Wm. | Spring Grove |
 | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | not recorded | East Liverpool |
 | Plantago rugelii Decne. | 1899 | Shafer, J.A. | Lisbon |
All 451 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 Highlandtown: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Fire Clay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1840 | |
| H.K. Porter Brick Plant | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highlandtown in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Highlandtown | $40,000 | Law enforcement reported evacuation of residents along Hazel Run Rd in Washington Township due to flooding. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Highlandtown | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haysville (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| New Salisbury | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| East Salineville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Glasgow | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Salineville | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hillcrest | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Diamond Valley | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Vulcan | 5.6 miles | 22 |
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 Highlandtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133822 | 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 1041567. 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.