Plymouth, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Plymouth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44004. It stands on Coffee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gageville quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Conneaut quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Gageville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Gageville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
1,823 words on this townshipHistory of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Plymouth Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
On July 4, 1838, this township was regularly organized and an election for township officers held, the result of which is shown by the following copy of the poll-book used on the occasion : "At a meeting of the electors of Plymouth township holden at the house occupied for school purposes, standing near the residence of Russel A. Smith, in said township, on the 4th day of July, a.d. 1838, Robert Seymour, Samuel Burnet, and Josiah Allen were chosen judges, and Levi P. Blakeslee and Wells Blakeslee clerks of said election, who, being duly sworn according to law, proceeded to elect the following township officers : Samuel Burnet, Andrew Willey, and William Stewart, trustees ; Levi P. Blakeslee, township clerk ; Bennet Seymour, treasurer; Elias C. Upson and William Foster, overseers of poor; Joseph Mann, James Hall, and Solomon A. Simons, fence-viewers; Merrit M. Mann, constable ; Samuel Burnet, William Stewart, Joseph Mann, Bennet Seymour, Solomon A. Simons, Elias C. Upson, and Merrit M. Mann, as supervisors." (The number of electors is not given.)
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
The first orchard was planted by Samuel White in the spring of 1807. It was located on his farm, near the pond, and consisted of forty trees. They first bore fruit in 1811, which was, without doubt, the first produced within the territory composing the townships of Plymouth and Ashtabula. Captain Moses Hall was, we believe, the owner of the orchard at this time, and it is said he distributed nearly the entire yield of the orchard among the sick of the township.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
The first store was established in 1849, by William W. Mann, in a building then standing between the school-house and the present residence of Charles Wright. Mr. Mann continued in trade some ten years in Plymouth, removing first to East Ashtabula, where he engaged in the mercantile business for two years more, and then moved to his present place of business, corner Centre and Park streets, Ashtabula. In 1S24, and for the five years subsequently, he was engaged as mail boy for the Recorder , published in Ashtabula, which paper was, we believe, the first one published in Ashtabula County.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
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 Plymouth Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.
Fires near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Plymouth in 2020, burning about 2 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15767 |
| 15 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15697 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 940 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 940 specimens collected within 10 miles of Plymouth between 1872 and 1975: 873 Animalia, 57 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Fuller, A. Woolman, Ansley, G 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt. | 1872 | L. B. Tuckerman | |
![]() | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1903 | not recorded | Cuyahoga River, South Park, Above Cleveland |
![]() | unnamed | 1915 | Munsell; Harvey | |
![]() | Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon | 1872 | not recorded | |
![]() | Dicranum scoparium Hedw. | 1891 | J. B. Brockway | |
![]() | Riccia fluitans L. | 1892 | E. E. Bogue | |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Conneaut Creek |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ashtabula River, Ashtabula, Ohio |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Harbor, Ohio |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, 3 miles west of Harbor, Ohio |
![]() | Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | KINGSVILLE, CONNEAUT CREEK |
![]() | Chrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 1857 | 1893 | not recorded | Kingsville, Conneaut Creek |
All 940 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 Plymouth: 4 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Titanium, Pigment. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtabula #1 & #2 Plants Ti | Titanium, Pigment | Plant | 1967 | |
| Ashtabula Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | 1968 | |
| Union Carbide | Iron | Producer | ||
| Dreslinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dreslinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pinney Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinney Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Center | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Crestlawn Village | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Parkwood Village | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Meadowood | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewood | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ashtabula | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Avondale | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sheffield Center | 4.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062946. 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.

















