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North Georgetown, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Knox Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44665. The Survey maps it on the Hanoverton quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.

North Georgetown within Columbiana County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Georgetown, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of North Georgetown, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

In the county-history sources

4,989 words on this township

History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Knox Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Daniel Whiteleather, now living at North Georgetown, is one of a family of eight children, sons and daughters of Andrew Whiteleather. This family, all grown, settled in the township in 1807. The children were John, Christophel, George, David, Polly, Mary, Elizabeth, and Catharine. Of this family, David, who alone survives, lives on the homestead farm, on section 25, and has had thirteen children, - Andrew, John, Harriet, Mary, Joseph, Moses, Margaret, Jane, wife of Levi McLaughlin, David, William, Jacob, Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Rosanna.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

Jacob Kuntz, of Union Co., Pa., with his wife and son Robert, settled in North Georgetown in 1836. Since his residence in Knox they have had children, - John, who died in 1875; Catharine, who died aged eighteen; Sarah, who died in infancy ; Jacob, now living at North Georgetown ; Isaac, now living in Indiana ; George, who died in infancy ; William, who lives at home; Annie, who married Manuel Underwood ; and Eli, who died aged five years.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

This church is located at North Georgetown, and traces its origin to the old society of the same faith in Butler township, organized about 1813. In 1830 the church on the hill east of Georgetown was erected, and occupied in common by those who are now of the German Reformed and the Evangelical Lutheran societies. A discussion which arose concerning the form of service to be employed - - English or German - resulted in the withdrawal of those who preferred the former. They organized the Evangelical Lutheran church, under the direction of David, George, Andrew, and John Whiteleather, Peter Zimmerman, Rev. Peter Harrington, and others. This was in 1861. Mr. Harrington held the charge for several years. Rev. Mr. Seachrist is the present pastor.

Passage source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio, published 1879.

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 Knox Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Fires near this place

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of North Georgetown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4 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 burning8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15817
3 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15729
17 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15510
31 March 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 March 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15944
6 November 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15931

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 392 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 392 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Georgetown between 1878 and 1967: 212 Animalia, 163 Plantae, 17 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, B. Leeper, Barschoff, L.H. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1887?Dense woods, Salem.
Specimen of Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.KatoDeparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato1887Wilkinson, E.Salem
Specimen of Alternaria NeesAlternaria Nees1904D.F. Yenghing
A photograph of the species Tringa semipalmata, not of this specimenTringa semipalmata semipalmata (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1878Collector(s): Leonard R. FreemanOhio Valley
A photograph of the species Zenaida macroura, not of this specimenZenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1883not recordedBeloit
A photograph of the species Asclepias incarnata, not of this specimenAsclepias incarnata L.1884E. WilkinsonSalem
A photograph of the species Cirsium arvense, not of this specimenCirsium arvense (L.) Scop.1884E. WilkinsonSalem
A photograph of the species Chamerion angustifolium, not of this specimenChamerion angustifolium subsp. circumvagum (Mosquin) Hoch1885Shafer, J.A.N.Y.P.U.O.RR, East of Salem
A photograph of the species Asclepias quadrifolia, not of this specimenAsclepias quadrifolia Jacq.1887E. WilkinsonSalem
A photograph of the species Asplenium filix-femina, not of this specimenAsplenium filix-femina (L.) Bernh.1887E. Wilkinson; CallSalem, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Aster prenanthoides, not of this specimenAster prenanthoides Muhl. ex Willd.1887Wilkinson, E.Salem
A photograph of the species Athyrium filix-femina, not of this specimenAthyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth1887E. WilkinsonSalem

All 392 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Georgetown in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Georgetown$30,000The 911 Call Center reported numerous trees and wires down.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Georgetown$25,000Emergency management reported a flipped travel trailer with damage from a falling tree. A block building was partially collapsed.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNorth Georgetown$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Georgetown$2,000Law enforcement reported trees down on Georgetown Road.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNorth Georgetown$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 50 knots downed power lines across northwest portions of the county.
June 1997Flash FloodNorth Georgetown-Minor low-land flooding was reported near North Georgetown.
July 2013HailNorth Georgetown-no account filed
June 1998HailNorth Georgetown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbiana 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bridgewater1.0 miles14
Reading2.5 miles18
Valley2.5 miles14
Adair3.8 miles14
New Alexander3.8 miles14
New Middleton4.0 miles14
Homeworth4.3 miles18
Chambersburg4.5 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on North GeorgetownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7055477The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063417. 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.

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.