BlockNew Princeton, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43844. The Survey maps it on the Spring Mountain 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 10 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
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
4,364 words on this townshipHistory of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Monroe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Holmes county line. After living there and in Clark township a short time, he returned to Monroe, at first entering forty acres in section 10, and afterwards adding more to it. He spent his time in farming and hunting. Of this latter pursuit he was very fond. In 1850 his wife died, and several years later he removed to Paulding county, where he died. He had two children, a son now living in Iowa, and Mrs Jacob Sondals, of this township.
Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio;, published 1881.
One of the past institutions of Spring Mountain which has reflected honor upon the village, was the academy. It was built by individual subscriptions, and among the stockholders were Silas Moore, J. S. McCoy, William D. Hastings, Samuel Anderson, Mr. Thompson and Levi Drake. The academy building, a large two-story frame, was erected in 1855, on lot 10, and the year following a spacious boarding hall, now the Mountain Hou.se, was erected on lot 17. George Conant (afterward superintendent, Coshocton schools), was the first principal, remaining two years. J. S. Haldeman sticceeded him, serving from 18.57 to 1859. J. B Selby followed him and remained several years. His assistant. Miss Ada Baker, then conducted the school for a year or two, and was succeeded by Mr. Taylor. Prof. Conant returned about 1867, but taught only a few months when the school was abandoned. The attendance previous to 1861 had averaged about sixty, but about that time a large number of students enlisted into the service, and during the war the attendance was greatly reduced, and did not recover its former numbers. Soon after the school was opened, its management came into the hands of a conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1870, the lower room of the academy was sold to the directors of the school district, and the district school has since been held there Since 1877, the upjier room has been occupied as a hall by the Masonic Lodge.
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.
Fires near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of New Princeton between 2005 and 2018, burning about 37 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12005 |
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 881 |
| 4 November 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 656 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 656 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Princeton between 1846 and 1974: 599 Animalia, 29 Fungi, 27 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albaugh, W. F., Baumgartner, L., Breiding, G. (George) & Fellow, L. (Long) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray | 1898 | Wetzstein, A. | Rich woods, New Bremen. |
 | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1903 | V. Sterki | Tuscarawas River |
 | Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) | 1905 | C. Stein, R. Johnson & J. Jenkinson | Newcastle Township, Mohican River, just above its confluence with Kokosing River |
 | Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu | 1846 | W. S. Sullivant | |
 | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1898 | Williamson, E. B. | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
 | 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 |
 | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
 | 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 |
All 656 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Princeton: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenmont Quarry No. 24 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Walhonding Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Walhonding Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Briar Hill Pit | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Briar Hill Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| E.R.Rice Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Huninger Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Mountain | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Nellie | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bluff (historical) | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Metham | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Mohawk Village | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tiverton Center | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Warsaw | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Warsaw Junction | 4.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065132. 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.