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Jelloway, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43014. The Survey maps it on the Jelloway quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1912 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1912 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jelloway quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jelloway quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Jelloway quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
6,496 words on this townshipA History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive; Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes .., published 1862 names this settlement in its chapter on Brown Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
This township was laid out Marcli 9, 1825, and " attaclied to Jefferson until it sliall be ascertained that there is inhabitants enough in Brown to have it organized." March 6, 1826, " ordered by the Commissioners that Brown be hereafter considered a separate and distinct township, and the election be held at the house of Josias Ewing, for township officers, on the first Monday of April, and Jefferson be henceforth attached to Union." The name was given to perpetuate the memory of Major-General Jacob Brown, the hero of Chippewa and Port Erie, who had but recently become commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army.
Passage source: A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive; Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes .., published 1862.
Charles McKee emi^'rated from Ireland, with fourteen children, about 1808. Alexander McKee settled in this county in 1809 ; he resides on his old place on Big Jelloway, where was once an Indian camp ; and when he first settled there, sixtyfive Indians called at his hut, drank metheglin with him, and they had a jovial time all round.
Passage source: A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive; Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes .., published 1862.
The Halls, Sovernses, Pinkertons, Waddles, and Stewards have also been plenty in Brown. John Oarghnan (pronounced Oarnahan) was a wild Irishman of much note about 1826 ; he was a warm-hearted, impulsive creature ; and " faith, an' he was a knowledgeable mon." Many anecdotes are quoted of him, which we have not room to produce.
Passage source: A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive; Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes .., published 1862.
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 Brown Township - it names this place 17 more 17 times.
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Jelloway between 2006 and 2020, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1206 |
| 5 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1202 |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15112 |
| 6 April 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 722 |
| 24 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7966 |
| 21 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 189 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 189 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jelloway between 1890 and 1974: 181 Animalia, 5 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C F WALKER, C. Stein, R. Johnson & J. Jenkinson, Condit, J. M. (John M.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
 | Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860) | 1890 | Parker, J. B. | Big Jelloway Creek, within in Knox County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate |
 | Puccinia eatoniae Arthur | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | Brinkhaven. |
 | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1898 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll), Williamson, E. B. & Parker, J. B. | Big Jelloway Creek, Big Jelloway Creek, Knox County, township n/a |
 | Sedum ternatum Michx. | 1901 | Wetzstein,A. s.n. [1901-05] W. Becker Violae exsiccatae 107 | Flora America boreal.: Ohio, St. Marys ad viam pubblicam "Wakaponeta" in silva frondosa humida |
 | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1903 | V. Sterki | Tuscarawas River |
 | Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) | 1905 | C. Stein, R. Johnson & J. Jenkinson | Newcastle Township, Mohican River, just above its confluence with Kokosing River |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Little Jelloway Creek, within Pike township, near Jelloway, Pike township |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Little Jelloway Creek, within Pike township, near Jelloway, Pike township |
 | Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Little Jelloway Creek, within Pike township, near Jelloway, Pike township |
 | Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Little Jelloway Creek, within Pike township, near Jelloway, Pike township |
 | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Little Jelloway Creek, within Pike township, near Jelloway, Pike township |
All 189 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jelloway in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jelloway | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jelloway | - | Numerous trees downed along OH-3. This damage occurred near the Knox/Ashland County line and near Rainbow Springs Family Campground, about three-miles northeast of Jelloway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Hill | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Nunda | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Berger | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Four Corners | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Greer | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| North Liberty | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Amity | 6.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064905. 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.
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.