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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.

Plymouth within Ashtabula County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Plymouth, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Plymouth, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed 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

1,823 words on this township

History 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 2020

Regional 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 burning1
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
4 July 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15767
15 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15697

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashtabula County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 940 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt.Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt.1872L. B. Tuckerman
Specimen of Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900)Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900)1903not recordedCuyahoga River, South Park, Above Cleveland
Specimen of unnamed1915Munsell; Harvey
A photograph of the species Hymenostylium recurvirostrum, not of this specimenHymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon1872not recorded
A photograph of the species Dicranum scoparium, not of this specimenDicranum scoparium Hedw.1891J. B. Brockway
A photograph of the species Riccia fluitans, not of this specimenRiccia fluitans L.1892E. E. Bogue
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1893A. WoolmanOhio, Conneaut Creek
A photograph of the species Ameiurus natalis, not of this specimenAmeiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)1893A. WoolmanAshtabula River, Ashtabula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893A. WoolmanRed Brook, Harbor, Ohio
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893A. WoolmanRed Brook, 3 miles west of Harbor, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chelydra serpentina, not of this specimenChelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedKINGSVILLE, CONNEAUT CREEK
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 18571893not recordedKingsville, Conneaut Creek

All 940 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ashtabula #1 & #2 Plants TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1967
Ashtabula Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant1968
Union CarbideIronProducer
Dreslinski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dreslinski PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pinney Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pinney Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ashtabula 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
Plymouth Center0.9 miles14
Crestlawn Village2.6 miles14
Parkwood Village2.6 miles14
Meadowood3.4 miles14
Edgewood3.5 miles14
Ashtabula3.6 miles14
Avondale4.1 miles15
Sheffield Center4.3 miles12

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.