Jefferson, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bloom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43112. It stands on Chestnut Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Canal Winchester quadrangle.
Then and now
1925 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 59 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
16 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.
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Canal Winchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,854 words on this townshipHistory of Fairfield County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, published 1912 names this settlement in its chapter on Bloom Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Dr. Miner, with George Custer, Mr. Brown and a dozen others, founded the Presbyterian Church in 1834. Rev. Leonard was the first pastor, succeeded by Rev. S. M. Wilson. Rev. B. F. Munson is the present pastor. The Methodist and Lutheran churches were built about 1840. Rev. B. F. Jackson is pastor of the Methodist Church and Rev. C. A. Rhiel. pastor of the Lutheran Church.
Passage source: History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens, published 1912.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jefferson between 2012 and 2012, burning about 25 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Wayne National Forest | SR 522 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,818 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,818 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jefferson between 1859 and 1975: 1,723 Animalia, 60 Fungi, 34 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bales, B. R., Birch, W., Bitterly, K. (Kermit) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Kuehneola uredinis (Link) Arthur | 1891 | Freda Detmers | Rock Mill |
![]() | Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1892 | W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Trypethelium virens Tuck. | 1898 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
![]() | Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 | 1859 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Buckeye Lake "Middle Bank", Fairfield, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1874 | not recorded | Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA |
| Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. | 1882 | Kellerman W. A. | Fairfield Co. | |
| Gnomonia sassafras Ellis & Everh. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
| Leptostroma vulgare Fr. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
| Leptostromataceae | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | ||
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | |
| Septoria polygonorum Desm. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman |
All 1,818 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jefferson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favil Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slough | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lockville | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lockville Station | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jefferson Woods | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Chester Heights | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lithopolis | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Woodstream | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Greencastle | 2.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048871. 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.






















