BlockLinnville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bowling Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43076. The Survey maps it on the Glenford quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1909 USGS Thornville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Glenford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Glenford quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,839 words on this townshipHistory of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Bowling Green Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Mound Builders left a few samples of their works within its limits; enough to indicate that it was once the home of the lost race. There is a stone mound two and a half miles southeast of Linnville, of medium size, and one earth mound near it, both being near the center of the township, east and west There is also a mound at Amsterdam of no very great dimensions; and an earth mound on the farm of John Hamilton, adjoining Brownsville on the northeast, of oblong form, eighty-five yards in circumference at its base and fifteen feet high.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
The National road runs through the township from east to west along the northern boundary. It was surveyed, located and constructed between the years 1825 to 1833. The towns of Brownsville and Linnville were laid out soon after the final location of the road; the former by Adam Brown, who named it after himself, and the latter by Samuel Parr, who named it after Adam Linn, who was then about to establish himself there as its first merchant. Biownsville grew rapidly at first, but has been about stationary in later years. It is a post town of about four hundred and fifty inhabitants. Linnville is a post town of about one hundred inhabitants.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
The first religious society organized in Bowling Green township was effected by the Methodists about sixty years ago, at the house of Samuel Parr. Revs. Jesse Stoneman and Levi Shinn preached occasionally, before the organization of this society, at the house of Mr. James Clarke, who lived in the southern part of the township, where, also, a class was formed at an early day. Revs. Asa Shinn, Robert Manley, Ralph Lotspeitch and James Quinn are believed to have preached at Mr. Clarke's in early times. In 1807 Rev. Jesse Stoneman preached a funeral discourse in Bowling Green - probably the first funeral sermon preached in the township.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
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 Bowling Green Township - it names this place 11 more 11 times.
Fires near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Linnville between 2014 and 2019, burning about 9 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 | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 842 |
| 9 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7411 |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11926 |
| 24 February 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15073 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,356 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,356 specimens collected within 10 miles of Linnville between 1843 and 1975: 1,194 Animalia, 115 Fungi, 47 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, Albertin, Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Asplenium pinnatifidum Nutt. | 1893 | Jones, H.L. | Toboso |
 | Cylindrosporium Grev., 1822 | 1893 | unknown | Licking Reservoir |
 | Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1922 | E. B. | Newark |
 | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1843 | Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant | in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio |
 | Hypnum paludosum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1843 | A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant | in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio |
 | Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1872 | Jasper, T. (Theodore) | Buckeye Lake, Ohio, USA |
 | Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1881 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake, Licking, Ohio, USA |
 | Ranunculus longirostris Godr. | 1893 | E. M. Wilcox | Licking Reservoir |
 | Cladonia symphycarpa (Ehrh. ex Schrad.) Fr. | 1894 | Bogue, E.E. | Black Hand |
 | Lysimachia quadriflora Sims | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
 | Smilax herbacea L. | 1894 | Moseley, E.L. | Licking Gorge |
 | Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 | 1896 | E. B. Williamson | Licking Reservoir |
All 1,356 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Linnville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Walters Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linnville in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Linnville | $50,000 | The tornado developed in Franklin Township near Sand Hollow Road SE and moved northeast, causing mainly tree and minor structural damage along its path. Tree damage was noted in a path from Sand Hollow Road SE, northeast along Fairview Road, and then on Brownsville Road SE and across Poplar Forks Road SE before it dissipated. Minor structural damage to barns and outbuildings was also noted on Poplar Forks Road SE as well as Fairview Road. Damage along the entire path was estimated to be caused by 70 to 75 mph winds. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linnville | $50,000 | Several trees and power lines were downed in southeast Licking County. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linnville | $10,000 | A storm intensified into a supercell as it moved into the county. Trees and power lines were reported down from the just east of Newark eastward to the county line. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linnville | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linnville | $5,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linnville | $4,000 | A few trees and power lines were downed across Pleasant Chapel Road SE, north of Blue Jay Road SE. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linnville | $3,000 | Multiple trees were blown down and trampolines were blown into trees due to thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Linnville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Jacksontown | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewater Beach | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fleatown | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Brownsville | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Atherton | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Harbor Hills | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lloyd Corners | 5.2 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Linnville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133911 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065003. 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.