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.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 printed 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.
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Caldwell North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Caldwell North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,732 words on this townshipHistory 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 2009Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15266 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15265 |
| 8 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8425 |
| 28 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4965 |
| 18 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4426 |
| 14 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14706 |
| 12 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14385 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 78 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1902 | Lloyd C. G. | Glenwood |
![]() | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1912 | E. Bartholomew | Caldwell |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | near Cumberland, Noble, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Caldwell 1 mi N, Noble, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1935 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Sarahsville, Noble Co., Ohio |
| Richmondena cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1935 | Hicks, 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 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ava Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence King Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| King Quarries Extension | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| King Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Merrill Brothers Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Green | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Belle Valley | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hiramsburg | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Ridge | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Scott (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Slaters | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Florence | 3.4 miles | 13 |
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.



















