New Bedford, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43804. The Survey maps it on the New Bedford quadrangle.

New Bedford within Coshocton County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Bedford, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of New Bedford, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed 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.

1913 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
1915 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Coshocton quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1994 USGS New Bedford quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

3,654 words on this township

History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Crawford Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

A school was a novelty for a long time after the whites settled this township. The first one was taught about 1820, by Jacob Seidler, in a little cabin which stood in the woods where Chili now stands, just north of the bridge. It was the usual subscription school, and was only three months in duration. The Smiths, Misers, Sondals, Ravenscrofts and others from this and Wliite Eyes township attended here. This one short term was all the school instruction that some of the aged fathers and mothers of to-daj' received, all they had an opportunity of receiving. For a number of years after, school was not again taught in this neighborhood, and then only at irregular periods. The teachers were usually little in advance of their pupils in point of knowledge, and consequently the progress of the latter was very slow. It is said that Joseph Townley was the first early efficient teacher in the township. He taught, about 1835, near the Lutheran church, just above Chili.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881.

The religious sentiment of the people is embodied in five societies, four of which conduct services in the German language. Beside these, two others, one just across the line in Holmes county, the other, just over the line in White Eyes township, both German, possess considerable memberships from this township. Geographically, two are in New Bedford, two in or near Chili, and one in the eastern part of the township. One is an English Lutheran, one a German Lutheran, one a United Brethren, one a German Reformed, and one an Evangelical Protestant church. Beside these, a United Brethren church (Germim), now defunct, formerly existed on the southeast quarter of section 12. The house of worship was erected about 1852. The society was formed by the separation of its original members from the adjoining German Reformed church and subsequent organization of a new body. Rev. Miller was the first minister. The membership was at no time very large. Among the early prominent members were Peter Lenhart, Peter Lower and John Miller. The earliest meetings were held in Mr. Lenhart's and Mr. Miller's barns, and, in fact, wherever room could be obtained. Regular services were suspended six or eight years ago, owing to the reduced membership.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881.

A short distance east of this, near the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 11, stands the German Reform chuixh which was built in 1845 or 1846. It is a log building and is about to be replaced by a substantial frame structure. Rev. Jacob Seidle was one of the earliest ministers, holding services in the school-house before the church was built. Rev. Zohner was the first preacher in the church building. The present pastor is Rev. Schodd. Jonathan Price, John Eichmeirer and Mr. Buser, were prominent members during its early days. At present the membership is small.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, 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 Crawford Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Fires near this place

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of New Bedford between 2005 and 2014, burning about 22 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	7
Recreation and ceremony	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
17 April 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
15 April 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 April 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 March 2013	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 March 2014	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 657 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 657 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Bedford between 1906 and 1967: 546 Plantae, 66 Fungi, 40 Animalia, 4 Bacteria, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Alleshonse? O. C., Alleshouse O. C., Bolin, F. (Frank) 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
Amanita flavorubescens G.F.Atk.	1942	Modenke	White Eyes; North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Bulgaria rufa Schwein.	1942	H. Moldenke	Coshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed
Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd	1942	H. Moldenke	Coshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton
Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz	1906	Alleshouse O. C.	New Bedford
Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G.Winter	1906	Alleshonse? O. C.	New Bedford
Angelica venenosa (Greenway) Fernald	1913	Hopkins, L.S.	Keene
Campostoma anomalum anomalum	1929	MB Trautman & asst	Mill Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Southern Keene Twp
Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)	1929	MB Trautman & asst	Mill Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Southern Keene Twp
Nocomis micropogon (Cope, 1865)	1929	MB Trautman & asst	Mill Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Southern Keene Twp
Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865)	1929	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)	Mill Creek, within south Keene township, near Keene, Keene township
Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850)	1929	MB Trautman & asst	Mill Creek, trib of the Walhonding River, Southern Keene Twp
Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)	1929	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)	Mill Creek, within south Keene township, near Keene, Keene township

All 657 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Bedford: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Domer Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Domer Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Fisher Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Troyer Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Coshocton 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
Chili	4.9 miles	16
Pearl	5.6 miles	16
Clark	7.3 miles	17
Munsville (historical)	7.3 miles	16
Fresno	7.8 miles	16
Keene	8.8 miles	16
Bakersville	8.8 miles	16
Helmick	10.0 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1043821. 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.