New Guilford, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43843. The Survey maps it on the Walhonding quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1913 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Walhonding quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
6,114 words on this townshipHistorical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876; Historical of Coshocton County Ohio, published 1876 names this settlement in its chapter on Perry Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Dr. E. G. Lee, the first physician in the towhship, came from Mount Vernon, and laid out a town called J^ew Guilford. Calvin Ilill, also from Mount Vernon, built a storeroom on one of the lots, and kept the first store. The next year David McIIenry opened a hatter's shop.
Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.
Soon after ISTew Guilford was laid out, John Conway, who owned the quarter section of land next east of that on which Guilford was located, started a town on his land, calling it Claysville. The rivalry between the towns was disastrous to both. After some years, they were consolidated under the name of East Union by act of the Legislature. The plat of ISTew Guilford is now all used for farming purposes, having been practically vacated.
Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.
Soon after New Guilford was laid out, John Conway, who owned the quarter section of land next east of that on which Guilford was located, started a town on his land, calling it Claysville. The rivalry between the towns was disastrous to both. After some years, they were consolidated under the name of East Union by act of the Legislature. The plat of New Guilford is now all used for farming purposes, having been practically vacated.
Passage source: Historical of Coshocton County Ohio, published 1876.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of New Guilford between 2009 and 2020, burning about 12 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5565 |
| 13 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15234 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11170 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 766 |
| 4 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15877 |
| 28 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9472 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 405 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 405 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Guilford between 1924 and 1974: 387 Animalia, 18 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Stein, Cavender, M. (Marlin), D M SEVER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1782) | 1924 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Bedford Twp., Coshocton Co., OH |
![]() | Encoptolophus sordidus (Burmeister, 1838) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas, 1865) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Tettigidea lateralis parvipennis (Harris, 1841) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Walhonding R., NW Newcastle Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding River, Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
All 405 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Guilford: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coshocton County Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Coshocton County Quarries | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Delaware Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Scott Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Guilford in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Guilford | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Guilford | $5,000 | Trees were reported to be blown down near the intersection of State Routes 206 and 541. Time of occurrence was estimated from radar. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Guilford | $5,000 | Trees down on County Rd 18 near State Rte 541. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Guilford | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Guilford | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Guilford | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along County Road 402. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Guilford | $1,000 | A tree was reported down along Route 422. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bluff (historical) | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Owls Town (historical) | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Walhonding | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| West Carlisle | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mohawk Village | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| West Bedford | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Nellie | 5.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065117. 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.

















