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New Stark, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45843. The Survey maps it on the Dunkirk quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1905 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dunkirk quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Dunkirk quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
4,320 words on this townshipHistory of Hancock County, Ohio : Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns ... Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Biographies, History of the Northwest Territory, History of Ohio, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc, published 1886 names this settlement in its chapter on Van Buren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Villages. - A small hamlet called New Stark on Sections 29 and 32, has been in existence for many years, though no plat has ever been recorded. We find here at present a general di-y goods and grocery store, a saw-mill, and a blacksmith and wagon shop. The place contains about a dozen buildings.
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Ohio : Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns ... Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Biographies, History of the Northwest Territory, History of Ohio, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc, published 1886.
Jenera was laid out April 3, 1883, by Peter Traucht, Samuel Feller and John Heldman on Sections 4 and 5. It had its inception in the completion of the Cleveland, Delphos & St. Louis Narrow Gauge Railroad, which passes through the north part of this township. The road was commenced in 1881, finished through Van Buren in the fall of 1882, and reached Mt. Blanchard in December of that year. A postofiice was established here in 1883, with Dr. A. B. Jenner as postmaster. - He was succeeded in October, 1885, by John Price. The village now contains one dry goods and drug store, a hardware store, a general grocery store, a steam grist-mill, two saloons and a blacksmith shop, and has one physician. Dr. A. B. Jenner, after whom the town was named. A warehouse stands close to the railroad, and as soon as this road is changed to the standard gauge, Jenera will become the shipping point for this portion of the county.
Passage source: History of Hancock County, Ohio : Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns ... Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Biographies, History of the Northwest Territory, History of Ohio, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc, published 1886.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 546 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 546 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Stark between 1886 and 1973: 539 Animalia, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Auten, F GEHLBACH, F R & N V GEHLBACH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) | 1886 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
 | Bombus bohemicus Seidl, 1838 | 1887 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
 | Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763) | 1895 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
 | Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae Clinton | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | Arlington |
 | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1905 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
 | Bombus fervidus (Fabricius, 1798) | 1906 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
| Bombus variabilis (Cresson, 1872) | 1907 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River | |
 | Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773) | 1911 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
| Bombus auricomus (Robertson, 1903) | 1912 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River | |
| Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 1863 | 1913 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River | |
| Bombus fraternus (Smith, 1854) | 1913 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River | |
 | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1914 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
All 546 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 New Stark: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pifer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Stark in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Stark | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large barn near the intersection of State Route 235 and Township Road 27. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Stark | $2,000 | Trained spotters and amateur radio operators reported several trees, including a 12 inch diameter tree, downed in the vicinity of Orange Township Road 28 at County Road 12. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Stark | $1,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | New Stark | - | Two seperate severe thunderstorms brought strong winds, hail, and torrential rain to Hancock County. The heaviest rainfall from the first storm fell over Findlay with as much as 1.75 in 75 minutes. The second storm followed shortly behind the first, but this time further south over Arlington. Doppler radar estimates as much as 2.5 fell in this area. The combined rainfall over the Eagle Creek watershed caused it to spill into downtown Arlington. In Arlington several roads were flooded, with two to three feet of water over South Main Street. |
| June 2009 | Hail | New Stark | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | New Stark | - | Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of several roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hassan (historical) | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jenera | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Williamstown | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| West Union (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cordelia | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cannonsburg | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Arlington | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Martinstown (historical) | 6.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058189. 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.