BlockMount Sterling, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hopewell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. The Survey maps it on the Gratiot quadrangle.
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:
On record in Mount Sterling
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Tavener-Sears Tavernlisted 1982
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.
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Gratiot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Gratiot quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
10,473 words on this township1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Hopewell Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Samuel Bonnifield relates that he came to Zanesville in 1805, and settled on "Poverty ran," Januarv ist, 1806, and that, at that time, a man named Hinton lived on that place ; John Carr and Joseph Jennings lived near : his uncle, James Wilson, came soon after; and that his father died about two years later. That, "on our waj' here, we stopped but a day or two in Zanesville, and also a couple of days at William's place, which is more on the National road. Four members of a family named Faid, living up the run, died in 1806. My brother Arnold was born here, in 1806. We came here in a four-horse wagon, and the trip occupied weeks, all of which time, with the exception of two nights, we camped out. A man named Hensle, and his family, were ii> our party, as was also William Wilson, an uncle, and a captain in the War of '12, who went up to Mackinaw. Hensle settled on the Flint Ridge road." In 1806, William Hamilton and his son-in-law. Rev. Robert Manley, with their families, removed to Hopewell township, from Maryland. They made a settlement in the township, taking a farm about a half mile east of where Asbury Chapel now stands. There had been squatters here before, but no regular settlement. Manley improved the farm on which Asbury Chapel now stands ; his was the first improvement in the township. He lived on this farm until his death, which occurred December 2ist, 1810.
Passage source: 1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
here. They were both men of dignified and impressive characters, yet mild and conciHating. They were surrounded with such a religious atmosphere that you could not come in contact with it without feeling a desire to be better. The first thing these eminent men did in their new location, was to erect the altars of religion, and to offer unto God, in their cabins, their daily and weekly sacrifices. The influence of their example was such that the early settlers around them, as soon as they erected their cabins, with scarcely an exception, embraced religion and formed the church. I think it doubtful if ever two men settled in the west, have sent down upon posterity such an influence for good."
Passage source: 1794. 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.
Read the whole chapter on Hopewell Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
24 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Mount Sterling between 2012 and 2020, burning about 39 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15236 |
| 6 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15769 |
| 2 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12325 |
| 19 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12326 |
| 16 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15749 |
| 10 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15752 |
| 16 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15210 |
| 21 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15671 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 265 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 265 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mount Sterling between 1873 and 1974: 208 Animalia, 32 Plantae, 17 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Bogue, E.E., Buker, W. 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 |
 | Mesolobus Dunbar & Condra, 1932 (fossil) | 1916 | Wilber Stout | Vanport. Hopewell Township |
 | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1873 | W. M. Canby | Zanesville. |
 | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Fultonham |
 | Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893 | 1893 | Morgan A.P. | Preston |
 | 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 |
 | Gyromitra brunnea Underw. | 1909 | Moore S. R. | Zanesville |
 | Davainea Blanchard, 1891 | 1912 | E. Gay | Janesville |
| Aglaostigma Kirby, 1882 | 1920 | A.E. Miller | ||
| Macrophya Dahlbom, 1835 | 1920 | A.E. Miller |
All 265 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Sterling: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookville Underclay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1850 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wesley | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Opera (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Meadow Farm | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dillon View | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cottage Hill | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fairview | 4.9 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 Mount Sterling | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22134011 | 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 1071011. 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.