Plymouth Center, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plymouth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44004. The Survey maps it on the Ashtabula South quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Plymouth Center
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Blakeslee Log Cabinlisted 1998 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,823 words on this townshipHistory of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Plymouth Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Plymouth Township - 1,823 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Plymouth Center in 2020, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 945 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 945 specimens collected within 10 miles of Plymouth Center between 1872 and 1975: 845 Animalia, 90 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 | not recorded | Cowles Creek, Geneva, Ohio |
![]() | Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | KINGSVILLE, CONNEAUT CREEK |
![]() | Chrysemys picta marginata Agassiz, 1857 | 1893 | not recorded | Kingsville, Conneaut Creek |
All 945 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 Center: 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 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth Center in 2 storm reports in 2024: 2 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.
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 | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Crestlawn Village | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Parkwood Village | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewood | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ashtabula | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Meadowood | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Avondale | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Willow Arms | 4.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062947. 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.
















