BlockKingsville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Kingsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44048. The Survey maps it on the North Kingsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Conneaut quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS North Kingsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS North Kingsville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
7,886 words on this townshipHistory of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Kingsville Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first settler in the township, who was also a proprietor of Kingsville soil, was Captain Walter Fobes, who came in the fall of the year 1805 from Norwich, Massachusetts, and located on the north ridge, about one mile and a quarter from the west line of the township. Here he purchased about five hundred acres of land, and an equal amount in the township of Madison, Lake county, designing to have his children, of whom he then had five, to settle on these lands, and thus to be near to him. At this date, however, only one of his descendants, Mrs. John Merriam, of the fourth generation, resides on, and is owner of, any part of these lands. The county infirmary farm and the north village are included in his Kingsville purchase. He donated lands to the public to be used for burial purposes, and was himself the first to be buried therein, in the spring of the year 1816. He was a useful citizen, and may be regarded as the first permanent settler in the township.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
In August of the following year, 1806, Captain Rodger Nettleton removed from Austinburg township to Kingsville, and purchasing three hundred acres adjoining Mr. Fobes on the west, located himself and family thereon, where he continued to reside up to the time of his death, in 1854.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
Thomas Hamilton, known to the Kingsville pioneers as the Duke of York, in 1806 purchased a piece of laud on the north side of the North Ridge road to the east of Mr. Fobes. His cabin and that of Mr. Fobes were about one mile distant from each other.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
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 Kingsville Township - it names this place 14 more 14 times.
Fires near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Kingsville in 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15696 |
| 15 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15697 |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15895 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 847 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 847 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kingsville between 1872 and 1975: 786 Animalia, 52 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, Allen, T.F., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1903 | not recorded | Cuyahoga River, South Park, Above Cleveland |
 | unnamed | 1915 | Munsell; Harvey | |
 | Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon | 1872 | not recorded | |
 | Chara Linnaeus, 1753 | 1880 | Allen, T.F. | Lakeville Conn. U.S.A |
 | Dicranum scoparium Hedw. | 1891 | J. B. Brockway | |
 | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Conneaut Creek |
 | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ashtabula River, Ashtabula, Ohio |
 | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Harbor, Ohio |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, 3 miles west of Harbor, Ohio |
 | Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | KINGSVILLE, CONNEAUT CREEK |
 | Chrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 1857 | 1893 | not recorded | Kingsville, Conneaut Creek |
 | Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Conneaut Creek, Kingsville, Ohio |
All 847 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kingsville: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belding Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Belding Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Conneaut Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Meade Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Meade Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nelson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Nelson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Skidmore & Chah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Subway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsville in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2024 | Flash Flood | North Kingsville | $250,000 | Extensive road flooding in the Kingsville and North Kingsville areas, including OH-84 and OH 193 which were closed due to flooding. Fox Road east of OH-84 closed due to a washed out road culvert due to flooding. A few reports of basement flooding as well. Radar estimated 4 to 5.5 inches of rainfall in a 1.5 to 3 hour period. |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Kingsville | $75,000 | An ice jam broke on Conneaut Creek. Nearby homes were flooded. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsville | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in Kingsville and Kingsville Township. A woman was trapped in her car by a fallen tree. She was uninjured. A house was slightly damaged. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Kingsville | $5,000 | Dime size hail was reported. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | North Kingsville | - | A vehicle drove into a flooded portion of U.S. 20 near Robinhood Lane west of North Kingsville and became stranded. The vehicle was rescued with the assistance of the local fire department. Radar estimated 2.5 to 3 inches of rainfall in about a two to three hour period, which equates to a roughly 50 year recurrence interval. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Kingsville | - | Multiple trees downed at intersection of Lee Road West and Green Road in North Kingsville. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Kingsville | - | Tree down about a half mile southwest of North Kingsville. Numerous trees down in Kingsville. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Kingsville | - | Trees down and telephone poles split in half near intersection of US-20 and OH-193 in North Kingsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwood Colony | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Green Acres | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| North Kingsville | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Kingsville On-the-Lake | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Gageville | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Luther | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kelloggsville | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Amboy | 4.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075142. 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.
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.