BlockLewis, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. It stands on Jonathan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zanesville West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1910 to 1992The 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 1910 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,439 words on this townshipHistory of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Newton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In general terms, this township is said to be in the southwest corner of Muskingum County. Its boundaries are as follows: On the north, by Springfield and a part of Hopewell townships ; on the east, by Brush Creek and a small portion of Springtield townships ; on the west, by Perry County.
Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
In view of the few settlers mentioned, it would certainly excite the curiosity of the reader to be told that the anniversar y of the Nation' s birthday was celebrated in Newton township at this early period ; and yet such is the narrative detailed by 'the oldest inhabitants' of to-day ; and they add, ''the celebration was in a grove, east of the place now known as Newtony ile. on **the Nolan farm,' where William Rankin now resides. There is a beautiful grove, and 'tye hardy pioneers" from the region round about, assembled and rejoiced, singing:
Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
When Andrew Crooks came to Zanesville, there was but one house at Cambridge and one near Lancaster, and they were the homes of his nearest neighbors. His daughter, Nancy Crooks, was the first white girl that came to Zanesville. He remembers that his uncle Henry had his wife with him, and that they had no children. And when his mother came to Newton township, she had not seen the face of a white woman for nine months. And that his parents came to this region on horseback, camping at night, and turning their horses loose after belling them. His uncle Henry went west, while Jacob was sheriff, (1808-12). He remembers that William McCullock, who married the halfbreed daughter of Isaac Zane, was killed during the war of 1812, '' out west.'' And that there were no settlers here when Andrew Crooks came to Newton, ie., those who were here did not mean to stay, and called themselves squatters. Joseph Carpenter and Mathew Gillespie were of this class, and they moved off as the country settled. George M. Crooks was born May gth, 1795, and was "three years old when his parents arrived at Zanesville. Lewis Nye built the first hewed log house in this section, about 1809, on ground now a part of Newtonville. He cleared the first field and planted corn on section nine, in 1804, now the G. W. Rankin estate. Mrs. Eliza Rankin, consort of G. W. Rankin, deceased, whose maiden name was Nye, says her father and David Olive bought the half section that Jennings had entered, but could not pay for in the time allotted by the Government. David Olive died from the bite of a rattlesnake, the same year, (1804), and he had a coffin, a very unusual thing in this region in those days; people being buried, nearly always, in elm bark, lined with grass, and the ends stuffed with moss. This was the case with a man named Davis, and another, and a woman named Palmer, and three children, who came over the Falls in a canoe and were drowned, and were buried in elm bark slips.
Passage source: History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
23 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Lewis (historical) between 2012 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. None 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2969 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2971 |
| 27 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1641 |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15490 |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 709 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 709 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lewis (historical) between 1873 and 1973: 647 Animalia, 37 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. M., Adams, William 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Scleroderris rubra Morgan | 1891 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
 | Peziza nana Massee & Morgan | 1895 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
 | Frullania saxicola Austin | 1896 | William C. Werner | |
 | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1873 | W. M. Canby | Zanesville. |
 | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Porella pinnata L. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Fultonham |
 | Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893 | 1893 | Morgan A.P. | Preston |
 | Lachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
 | Peziza morganii Massee | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage). |
| Tapesia derelicta Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
All 709 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lewis (historical): 7 producers, 3 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Inc/ Zanesville, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Hammer Number 2 Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hammer Number 2 Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Johnathan Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jonathan Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sidwell Brothers Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sidwell Brothers Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muskingum R. Plant No 1 Mine & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Salt Creek Materials Co. | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Southern Hills | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Moxahala Park | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Maysville | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Muskingum (historical) | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Elizabeth | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Zanesville Terrace | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Avondale | 1.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054864. 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.