Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Monroeville, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ridgefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44847. It stands on Frink Run. The Survey maps it on the Monroeville quadrangle. 1,300 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Monroeville within Huron County

Population over time

2 figures

Monroeville fell from 1,400 to 1,300 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	1,400
2020	1,300	-100 (-7%)

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Monroeville, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Monroeville, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

2,210 words on this township

History of Huron County Ohio Its Progress and Development, published 1909 names this settlement in its chapter on Ridgefield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The first school house in the township was erected on lot number two hundred and seventy-two, in Monroeville village. It was, doubtless, built of logs, but the date of its construction, the writer could not ascertain. George Burt was the first teacher and he was paid ten dollars per month for his services.

Passage source: History of Huron County Ohio Its Progress and Development, published 1909.

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 Ridgefield Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Albert F. Schug House, 29 Brown Street, Monroeville, Huron County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 379 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 379 specimens collected within 10 miles of Monroeville between 1893 and 1975: 308 Animalia, 66 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, B Zahuranec & party, Baumgartner, L. 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Rumex verticillatus L.	1896	Stair, L. D.
Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861)	1898	[Not Stated]	[Not Stated]
Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)	1893	A. Woolman	Ohio, Huron River, Monroeville
Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs	1893	Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley	Milan, Huron River
Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845	1893	not recorded	Ohio, Monroeville, Huron River
Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819	1893	not recorded	Ohio, Monroeville, Huron River
Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820	1893	not recorded	Ohio, Monroeville, Huron River
Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)	1893	not recorded	Ohio, Monroeville, Huron River
Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)	1893	not recorded	Monroeville, Huron River
Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)	1893	A. Woolman	Ohio, Huron River, Monroeville
Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818	1893	A. Woolman	Ohio, Huron River, Monroeville
Bidens laevis (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	1894	Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley	Huron River, Milan

All 379 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Monroeville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
	Price Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Price Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Huron County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monroeville in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 2000	Tornado (F2)	Monroeville	1 hurt, $250,000	A tornado touched down north of Monroeville along State Route 99 near Mead Road. The tornado traveled east for 2.5 miles along State Route 113 and dissipated in Erie County near the corner of Higbee and Livengood Roads. The tornado was not on the ground the entire length and had a damage path approximately 100 yards in width. A mobile home, small outbuilding, barn, garage and a camper were destroyed in Huron County. An adult male inside the mobile home was slightly injured. The damage path of the tornado was clearly visible through corn fields and debris from the destroyed buildings was strewn along the path and in some case thrown well outside the path. Ears of corn were found shucked, apparently by the tornado. Several hundred trees were downed along the damage path.
June 2023	Tornado (EF2)	Monroeville	$270,000	This tornado began about two miles south of Monroeville, near Townline Road 198 and Sand Hill Road, where trees were damaged. The tornado moved southeastward, damaged additional trees, and caused EF0 to EF1-level damage to two barns and outbuildings. The greatest damage from the tornado occurred in vicinity of Snyder Road and Peru Center Road. This is where several residences sustained EF1 to EF2-level damage and the tornado's estimated peak winds reached 115 mph. A piece of slate roofing was lifted off a building north of Snyder Road and impaled a tree to the southeast. An outbuilding was destroyed completely and material from this structure was lofted a quarter mile southeast into a residence before eventually settling into a tree line. About ten buildings in total sustained damage, including one residence that was shifted off its foundation.\|\|Damage to additional trees and outbuildings occurred as the tornado persisted farther southeastward across Peru Center Road, toward Townline Road 131 and OH-61. As the tornado reached Hanville Corners Road and Townline Road 113, several outbuildings and silos were damaged heavily with twisted debris lofted in various directions. The tornado continued farther southeast toward OH-162 and Ridge Road, where it caused heavy damage to a barn before the tornado dissipated west of the village of North Fairfield.
May 2011	Tornado (EF1)	Monroeville	$250,000	An EF1 tornado touched down in a cemetery on the southeast side of Monroeville. This tornado then continued east on the ground for about eight miles before lifting near the intersection of Tiger Road and North Greenwich Milan Road on the southeast side of Norwalk. The path was parallel and just south of U.S. Route 20 for several miles. Around a dozen homes and businesses were damaged by this tornado. A couple of the buildings lost large sections of roofing with some of damage caused by fallen trees. The tornado also leveled a large barn as it crossed Halfway Road. Several dozen trees were also downed along the damage path which was no more than 50 yards in width.
April 2004	Hail	Monroeville	$75,000	Penny to quarter size hail was observed six miles west of Monroeville in Bellvue. Hail completely covered the ground at some locations on the east side of town. Many cars were damaged in this area.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$40,000	Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi tractor trailer on US Route 20.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$15,000	A roof was blown off a barn.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees six miles northwest of Monroeville on Friedley Avenue in Bellevue. A power pole was also knocked down.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$6,000	Amateur radio reported a 40 inch circumference tree was uprooted on Route 99 near Monroeville. Trained spotters reported tree damage continued east to Norwalk where tree branches were down.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$6,000	Several trees, along with power lines, were reported down near Bellevue.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$5,000	A line of thunderstorms moved across northern Huron County knocking trees down in Monroeville and Wakeman.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs northwest of Monroeville near Bellvue.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree in Monroeville and several large limbs west of Monroeville.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$3,000	Power lines were downed.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and a large limb south of Monroeville.
March 2020	Hail	Monroeville	-	Trained spotter reported 0.5 diameter to nickel-size hail 2 miles SW of Monroeville.
March 2020	Hail	Monroeville	-	Trained spotter reported penny-size to quarter-size hail 2 miles SW of Monroeville.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to be at least 60 mph.
March 2012	Hail	Monroeville	-	Quarter sized hail was observed.
May 2007	Hail	Monroeville	-	Penny size hail was observed.
April 2006	Hail	Monroeville	-	Penny size hail was observed.
May 2006	Hail	Monroeville	-	Penny size hail was observed.
July 2000	Hail	Monroeville	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Monroeville	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Monroeville	-	no account filed
January 1998	Flash Flood	Monroeville	-	no account filed
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Monroeville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Huron 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Standardsburg	1.9 miles	12
Hunts Corners	3.4 miles	12
Key Estates	4.0 miles	13
Pontiac	4.1 miles	12
Norwalk	4.3 miles	12
Strongs Ridge	5.5 miles	18
Peru	5.9 miles	12
East Norwalk	7.0 miles	13

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 Monroeville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2226047	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 1065046. 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.

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.