Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Homeworth, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Knox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44634. The Survey maps it on the Homeworth quadrangle.

Homeworth within Columbiana County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Homeworth, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Homeworth, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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

4,989 words on this township

History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Knox Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The following physicians are practicing in the township : at Homeworth, Dr. II. B. Trollinger, since 1860-61, who now conducts a drug-store in connection with his practice as a physician ; Dr. George S. Anderson, a graduate of the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, who began practice in Homeworth about the year 1866.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

James Beer, a pensioner of the war of 1812, settled in Wayne township in 1805, and in 1830 removed to Knox, bringing a wife and family. The children were Jane, who married Dr. Joshua Anderson, and lives in Knox township ; John, Margaret, who married Dr. Joseph Dilworth, and lives in Stark County; James, Susan, who married David Ruff ; Hannah, Elizabeth, and Ellen. Mr. Beer still lives in Knox township, at the village of Homeworth.

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 Knox Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.

Fires near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Homeworth between 2009 and 2020, burning about 2 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	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
15 August 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15817
3 June 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15729
21 March 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 March 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 November 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15944
6 November 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15931
20 November 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15988
15 October 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15302

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 257 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 257 specimens collected within 10 miles of Homeworth between 1878 and 1967: 173 Animalia, 83 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Buker, W.E., Buker, W.E.; Henry, L.K., Catherine D. Hemphill 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Tringa semipalmata semipalmata (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)	1878	Collector(s): Leonard R. Freeman	Ohio Valley
Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)	1883	not recorded	Beloit
Anodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)	1893	Sterki, Victor	Alliance
Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820	1893	Sterki, Victor	Alliance
Lasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829)	1893	Sterki, Victor	Alliance
Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1893	Sterki, Victor	Alliance
Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)	1893	Sterki, Victor	Alliance
Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)	1893	Sterki, Victor	Alliance
Viola L.	1897	Holzinger, J.M.	Winona County.
Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)	1906	Sterki, Victor	Sebring
Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1906	Sterki, Victor	Sebring
Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)	1906	Sterki, Victor	Sebring

All 257 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Homeworth: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Homeworth Road Pit Number 3	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Homeworth Road Pit Number 3	Clay	Past Producer
Whitacre Shale Plant	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homeworth in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2003	Flash Flood	Homeworth	$30,000	Shortly after 6 PM EDT, Sandy Creek and other streams flooded numerous roads near Homeworth, including Routes 154, 172, 11, and 30. Then at 918 PM EDT, Lisbon reported flooding. By 1030 PM EDT, basements and roads (some closed) were flooded in Hanoverton, where many businesses were also flooded. Evacuation centers were opened for flood victims. Flooding continued into the morning of the 28th. After dawn on 28th, roads that remained closed by flooding were mainly in the western part of Columbiana Co.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$25,000	Law enforcement reported trees down.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Homeworth	$25,000	Law enforcement reported roads closed due to flash flooding.
July 1998	Lightning	Homeworth	$10,000	Lightning struck a house and sparked a fire in the roof.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$5,000	The public reported trees down.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines, setting fire to several trees.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$1,000	Local law enforcement reported trees down on Bayard Road in West Township.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$1,000	Trees down.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	$1,000	Large limbs fell in Salem and Winona. Large trees were downed near Homeworth.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	-	Several trees uprooted, many large limbs down and outdoor items blown about, and power outages.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Homeworth	-	Tress and lines down in Homeworth.
August 2008	Hail	Homeworth	-	The public reported nickel size hail in Homeworth.
April 2000	Flash Flood	Homeworth	-	Heavy rains produced minor flooding in the northwest corner of the county. This flooding forced the closure of Bandy Road just north of Homeworth.
July 2013	Hail	Homeworth	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Homeworth	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Homeworth	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbiana 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Reading	1.8 miles	18
Moultrie	2.7 miles	18
McGarry (historical)	3.3 miles	20
Chambersburg	3.8 miles	18
Bridgewater	4.1 miles	14
North Georgetown	4.3 miles	14
New Alexander	5.0 miles	14
Bayard	5.8 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064857. 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.