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Jonesboro, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45146. The Survey maps it on the Martinsville quadrangle.

Jonesboro within Clinton County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jonesboro, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jonesboro, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

7,004 words on this township

The History of Clinton County, Ohio : Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Cities, Towns ... General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio .., published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Clark Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Jonesboro Is the last town started In Clark township. This little hamlet is situated Just south of Martinsville, on the Martinsville and Westboro pike. It is merely a cluster of houses on the cross roads and was never platted. There are no business or professional interests at present. .

Passage source: The History of Clinton County, Ohio : Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Cities, Towns ... General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio .., published 1915.

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 Clark Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 368 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 368 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jonesboro between 1892 and 1974: 298 Animalia, 49 Fungi, 21 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Allen, A. (Avery) 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
Specimen of Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr.Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr.1923Taylor, C.L.Wilmington
Specimen of Boletellus chrysenteroides (Snell) SnellBoletellus chrysenteroides (Snell) Snell1935Cooke, William BridgeCowan's Creek
Specimen of Boletus bicolor RaddiBoletus bicolor Raddi1935Cooke, William BridgeCowan's Creek
A photograph of the species Desmodium pauciflorum, not of this specimenDesmodium pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC.1892J. S. VanderwortNew Antioch
A photograph of the species Cicada sayi, not of this specimenCicada sayi Smith & Grossbeck, 19071906W. TemplinBlanchester
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1913Braun, E. Lucy
A photograph of the species Claviceps purpurea, not of this specimenClaviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.1919Lewis H. L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Cladonia coniocraea, not of this specimenCladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng.1923Braun, E. LucyKlock's Crossing
A photograph of the species Cladonia fimbriata, not of this specimenCladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr.1923Taylor, C.J.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Parmelia Acharius, not of this specimenParmelia Acharius, 18031924Taylor, L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Peltigera praetextata, not of this specimenPeltigera praetextata (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Zopf1924Taylor, C.L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Mustela frenata, not of this specimenMustela frenata Lichtenstein, 18311927Hazard, F. O.Reesville, Clinton Co., Ohio, USA

All 368 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

11 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesboro in 11 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Jonesboro$25,000This tornado began in Brown County near U.S. Route 68, just to the northeast of Fayetteville at 0017EST. The tornado traveled northeast across far northwest Highland County and entered Clinton County at 0022EST, just south of Wise Road. On Wise Road, large tree limbs were blown down and siding and shingles were removed from one home. The tornado then moved back into Highland County at 0023EST, just southwest of Lynchburg before quickly ending near Lynchburg, where some tree damage was noted on State Route 134.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$20,000There were multiple reports of damage, which included: several large trees knocked down; a porch roof lifted with significant soffit damage; two windows were blown in; and some siding was blown off while some if the siding was damaged by hail.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$6,000A twenty-five to thirty foot flag pole was reported bent over. Also a garden windmill was knocked down, while a van window was broken from flying debris.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$5,000Several trees were downed along Jonesboro Road. A portion of a cornfield was also flattened.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$1,000Numerous shingles were peeled from the roof of a house.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$100A large tree branch was downed near Lynchburg.
June 2019FloodJonesboro-A couple of feet of standing water was reported on Main Street.
July 2013Heavy RainJonesboro-Creeks were out of their banks due to heavy rainfall.
June 2015HailJonesboro-no account filed
June 2015HailJonesboro-no account filed
August 2013HailJonesboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Martinsville1.6 miles11
Klocks Crossing3.2 miles11
Farmers3.5 miles11
Morrisville3.9 miles11
Midland4.6 miles14
Cuba4.6 miles11
Westboro4.7 miles14
Wallopsburg5.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062831. 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.

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.