New Way, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43031. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 58 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 11 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.
- 1908 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
2,780 words on this townshipHistory of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Liberty Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
There seems to be a ridge passing across this township from northwest to southeast, covering its central portion, and dividing the waters of North fork and Raccoon fork of Licking. The headwaters of the former are in the northern part of the township, the outlet of the large swamp on the farm of J. P. Decrow, forming a part of Lake fork, a tributary of the North fork, and which joins that stream in Washington township. Another small tributary of the Lake fork rises in the vicinity of Brook's corners.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
The main stream in the southern part is Lobdel's run, a tributary of the Raccoon, which passes, with numerous tributaries, across the southwestern part of the township, through the village of Concord. The headwaters of Brushy fork are in the southeastern part of this township, in the vicinity of New Way.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
The Ohio Central railroad passes across its southwestern corner on its way from Granville to Johnstown and Hartford, but there is no station witr.in the limits of the township, and with this exception it is not troubled with railroads or telegraphs, and contains no important highways.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 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 Liberty Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,503 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,503 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Way between 1853 and 1975: 2,297 Animalia, 160 Fungi, 26 Protozoa, 17 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. M., A. P. Morgan, A. P. Morgan; Ellis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | F. S. Robinson | |
![]() | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1893 | J.B. Ellis | Granville |
![]() | Hypoxylon deustum (Hoffm.) Grev. | 1893 | H. L. Jones | |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1853 | Mack, D. (Don) | Eden Twp, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789 | 1874 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Calidris canutus rufa (A.Wilson, 1813) | 1878 | Savage, E. (Ed) | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1880 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | not recorded | Licking, Ohio, USA |
| Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 | 1881 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA | |
| Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 | 1881 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
All 2,503 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of New Way: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Alexandria Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rockport Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Way in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Way | $3,000 | Several trees were uprooted and snapped. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cokesbury Corners | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Barrick Corners | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fredonia | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Decrow Corners | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Highwater | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Concord | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Appleton | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Alexandria | 5.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065140. 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.















