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Parkman, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Parkman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44080. The Survey maps it on the Garrettsville quadrangle. 282 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Parkman within Geauga County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Parkman, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Parkman, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

27,336 words on this township

Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, with Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Parkman Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

That tract of land, originally known as township number six, of the sixth range, in the Connecticut Western Reserve, comprising seventeen thousand, and thirtysix acres, lying on Grand river, near its head waters, was bought in 1 797, of the Connecticut Land company, by lot, together with large tracts in other townships, by Samuel Parkman, esq., of Boston, Massachusetts, and General Joseph Williams, one of the directors of the company.

Passage source: Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, with Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1880.

All obstacles being at length removed, on the first day of June, 1804, Mr. Parkman left Cayuga, to begin the settlement of the new township, which had already received the name of Parkman, from its owner. It is the only township of that name in the United States, except one in Maine, which was also owned and named by Samuel Parkman.

Passage source: Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, with Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1880.

Mr. Parkman was accompanied by his wife and infant son, and also by his brother-in-law, Alfred Phelps, then a lad of eleven years of age. The journey was made by land as far as Buffalo, over roads so narrow that, in many places, it was difficult for the wagons to pass, and so rough, from fogs and stumps, that Mrs. Parkman often found it less fatigueing to walk, and carry in her arms her infant child, than to ride, while her husband and brother were frequently obliged to clear the road by the use of their axes. This was western New York in 1804. From Buffalo they took passage in a sloop across Lake Erie, to the mouth of Grand river, and arrived at their port on the sixteenth of the month. Leaving his family there at the house of his friend, Judge John Walworth, who then resided on the land which was afterward the home of Governor Samuel Huntington, he proceeded at once to his place of destination.

Passage source: Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, with Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1880.

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 Parkman Township - it names this place 113 more 113 times.

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Parkman between 2020 and 2020, burning about 3 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 burning1

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
9 March 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15457

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geauga County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 274 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 274 specimens collected within 10 miles of Parkman between 1889 and 1975: 195 Animalia, 75 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), C. A. Darb 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
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1889Collector(s): F. S. HaggartNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Asplenium pinnatifidum, not of this specimenAsplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.1890M. RodmanSugar Grove.
A photograph of the species Stachys cordata, not of this specimenStachys cordata Riddell1896Guttenberg, G.Burton
A photograph of the species Sarracenia purpurea, not of this specimenSarracenia purpurea L.1897G. B. AshcroftBurton
A photograph of the species Dryopteris goldiana, not of this specimenDryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray1901Lewis Sylvester HopkinsOhio, Middlefield
A photograph of the species Dryopteris boottii, not of this specimenDryopteris × boottii (Tuck.) Underw.1906L. S. HopkinsMiddlefield
A photograph of the species Dryopteris cristata, not of this specimenDryopteris cristata x goldiana1907Hopkins, L.S.Middlefield
A photograph of the species Osmunda cinnamomea, not of this specimenOsmunda cinnamomea L.1907Hopkins, L.K.Burton
A photograph of the species Acronicta dactylina, not of this specimenAcronicta dactylina Grote, 18741908Teraguchi, S. (Sonja)OH Geauga Co. Troy Twp. Snow Lake
Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.1911Hopkins, L.S.Burton
A photograph of the species Chelone glabra, not of this specimenChelone glabra var. linifolia Coleman1911Hopkins, L.S.Burton
Cinna arundinacea L.1911Hopkins, L.S.Burton

All 274 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parkman: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Parkman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Parkman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Geauga County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkman in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2000Thunderstorm WindParkman1 hurt, $20,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and many large limbs in Parkman. One of the trees landed on a moving car. The driver of the car was transported to a local hospital and treated for minor injuries.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindParkman$30,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and downed one large tree.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindParkman$20,000The County Sheriffs office reported a tree down on a car on Reynolds Road and Parkman. Widespread tree and power line damage was reported across Geauga County with the most notable damage in Middlefield.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindParkman$18,000Dispatch reported trees and power lines down in the southeast portion of the County. Ohio Route 88 was closed near Parkman due to downed trees.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindParkman$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindParkman$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindParkman$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindParkman$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindParkman$1,000Two trees were reported down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindParkman-Tree downed along Hobart Road, about three-miles ESE of Parkman.
April 2024HailParkman-Hail up to the size of quarters about 2.6-miles east of Parkman.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindParkman-Several trees were snapped on private property.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindParkman-A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust from a thunderstorm.
May 2011Flash FloodParkman-Saturated ground cover could not hold any additional rain, however on the evening of the 14th torrential rainfall brought an additional inch to Geauga County. The rain fell within 75 minutes, resulting in rapid runoff. The result was flash flooding mainly over northern portions of the county where rainfall was the heaviest. Several state and local roads were flooded including RT 528 in Parkman.
May 2005HailParkman-Penny size hail was observed one mile east of Parkman.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindParkman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Geauga 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
Maple Grove3.1 miles13
Welshfield4.2 miles14
Bundysburg4.6 miles13
Popes Corners5.8 miles14
Middlefield6.3 miles13
Hayes Corners6.5 miles13
Burton Lake7.6 miles14
Auburn Corners8.1 miles14

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 ParkmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7138609The 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 1044307. 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.