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Hinckley, Ohio

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hinckley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44233. The Survey maps it on the West Richfield quadrangle. It stands 3,596 feet above sea level.

Hinckley within Medina County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hinckley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hinckley, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 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

3,612 words on this township

Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861 names this settlement in its chapter on Hinckley Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Not a few, who preferred health to a level surface, made choice of the township of Hinckley as their residence, and the homes of their families for which they toiled. Since the first organization up to the present time (18G1) the advances m.ide in cultivation of soil, planting orchards, erecting residences and encouraging industrial establishments will make it compare favorably with other townships of the same age in the county.

Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.

In the distribution of the lards of the Western Reserve, among the original land speculators who bought it of the State of Connecticut, the township of Hinckley fell to the lot of Judge Samuel Hinckley, of Northampton, Massachusetts. When or where he was born, T do not know, but he was educated for a lawyer and as I understand began life rather poor. He amassed considerable property and died about twenty years ago, in Northampton, esteemed and respected by his neighbors for his many virtues. He had a strong penchant for trading in lands and it almost seems that Heaven would be no Heaven to him unless he could trade in land there, as is illustrated by the following anecdote which is related of him.

Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.

Governor Strong, of Massachusetts, was a brotherin-law of Hinckley, and also owner of lands on the Reserve. One day they were discussing the propriety of putting their lands into market. Strong thought it best, as the saving in taxes and interest would more than equal the rise in value. Hinckley dissented. *- Why," said he "the time will come when those lands will sell for ten dollars per acre." "Yes," replied Strong, " but before that time comes, you and I will be in Heaven." "Ah! that's the Devil of it," said the .Tndj-e.

Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.

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 Hinckley Township - it names this place 9 more 9 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 227 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 227 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hinckley between 1884 and 1975: 195 Animalia, 28 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea, Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] 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 Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1890not recorded
Specimen of Nesaea verticillata (L.) KunthNesaea verticillata (L.) Kunth1896Watson,J.R. s.n. [1896-08][label: North Ohio Flora. J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Liverpool, Medina Co. [Medina County]
Specimen of Aquilegia canadensis L.Aquilegia canadensis L.1897Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05][label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio]
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger Linnaeus, 17581884unknownMedina
A photograph of the species Halictus confusus, not of this specimenHalictus confusus confusus1885H. E. SummersMedina
A photograph of the species Mougeotia genuflexa, not of this specimenMougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh1896F. D. KelseyPlum Creek
Specimen of Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior WoodsonAsclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson1897Ashcroft, G.B.; O. BereaThe Western Reserve. Brunswick
A photograph of the species Culicoides guttipennis, not of this specimenCulicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901)1897J. HineMedina
Specimen of Hinea Townsend, 1916Hinea Townsend, 19161897J. HineMedina
A photograph of the species Platanthera psycodes, not of this specimenPlatanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.1897G. B. AshcroftBrunswick
A photograph of the species Aplectrum hyemale, not of this specimenAplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt.1898Illegible collector nameMedina
Specimen of Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 1900Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 19001899[Not Stated]Medina

All 227 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinckley in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996LightningHinckley$30,000no account filed
October 2010Thunderstorm WindHinckley$12,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindHinckley$10,000Trees were downed in Hinckley and Sharon Center.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHinckley$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed two trees.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindHinckley$5,000Trees and branches were downed.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHinckley$2,000Several large limbs were reported down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHinckley$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHinckley$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHinckley-OH Route 303 was closed due to downed trees blocking the roadway in Medina County, just west of the Summit County line, about halfway between Hinckley and Richfield.
May 2011HailHinckley-Penny sized hail was observed.
May 2010HailHinckley-Penny sized hail was observed.
May 2003HailHinckley-Penny size hail was observed.
April 1998HailHinckley-no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodHinckley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Medina 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
Echo Lake Glen1.6 miles21
Sherman Corners2.1 miles13
Buzzard Roost2.5 miles21
Remsen Corners3.4 miles21
Weymouth4.5 miles13
Brunswick5.1 miles13
Rolling Wheel Park5.4 miles23
Granger5.8 miles21

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 HinckleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133826The 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 1064841. 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.

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.

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.