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Hoskinsville, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43724. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell North quadrangle.

Hoskinsville within Noble County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hoskinsville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hoskinsville, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed 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

8,732 words on this township

History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Noble Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

George Willey was born in Pennsylvania, in 1804, and came with his parents to Noble County about 1817. He was a carpenter by trade, and several years after his immigration bought a mill near Belle Valley, which he operated until 1848, when he removed to Hoskinsville, and engaged in trade. He died in 1856. In 1828 he married Miss Nancy Westcott. They had seven children. Sylvester, one of the sons, was born in 1835. In 1864 he enlisted in the Twenty-Second Ohio Light Artillery and served until the close of the war. He and his wife, 7iee Ellen Moore,

Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.

J. C. Campbell was born in Noble Township, in 1832, and is by occupation a farmer and merchant. His father, a native of Ireland, settled near Philadelphia, in the latter part of the last century, removing thence to Ohio. He died in Noble Township in 1847. On his mother's side Mr. Campbell is of German descent. J. C. Campbell was married in 1860 to Martha Noble. He has always been a Democrat. For six years he served as postmaster at Hoskinsville under a Republican administration.

Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.

Joseph W. Jones, son of Harrison Jones, was born in Noble Township, October 6, 1846, and hjis resided in this vicinity. He was educated at Sharon College, and was a teacher for some years. He is now engaged in the mercantile business at Hoskinsville. Mr. Jones is a prominent Democrat. He has served thirteen yeai-s as justice of the peace. In 1870 he married Tryphena II. Walters, daughter of the late John B. Walters, of this county. They have two daught<3i's living and one deceased.

Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.

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 Noble Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.

Fires near this place

25 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hoskinsville between 2009 and 2019, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15266
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15265
8 June 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8425
28 May 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4965
18 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4426
14 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14706
12 April 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14385

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Noble County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 78 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hoskinsville between 1902 and 1974: 46 Animalia, 29 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M., Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood 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
A photograph of the species Daedalea ambigua, not of this specimenDaedalea ambigua Berk.1902Lloyd C. G.Glenwood
A photograph of the species Erysiphe polygoni, not of this specimenErysiphe polygoni DC.1912E. BartholomewCaldwell
A photograph of the species Bufo americanus, not of this specimenBufo americanus Holbrook, 18361929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Bufo fowleri, not of this specimenBufo fowleri Hinckley, 18821929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 18981935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)near Cumberland, Noble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Plethodon cinereus, not of this specimenPlethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Progne subis, not of this specimenProgne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Caldwell 1 mi N, Noble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Pseudacris crucifer, not of this specimenPseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pseudacris triseriata, not of this specimenPseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio
Richmondena cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1935Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Caldwell, 4 mi NE of, Noble, Ohio, USA

All 78 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hoskinsville: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ava PitClayPast Producer
Lawrence King Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
King Quarries ExtensionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
King QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Merrill Brothers LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Noble 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
Olive Green2.2 miles13
Belle Valley2.3 miles13
Hiramsburg2.6 miles13
Coal Ridge2.7 miles13
Scott (historical)2.8 miles13
Sharon2.8 miles13
Slaters2.8 miles13
Florence3.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064867. 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.