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Randolph, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Randolph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44201. It stands on Cranberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Atwater quadrangle. It stands 1,152 feet above sea level.
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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
18 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 Ravenna quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ravenna quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Atwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
19,838 words on this townshipHistory of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Randolph Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
RANDOLPH, which is Town 1, Range 8, originally- fell to the lot of Col. Lemuel Storrs, of Connecticut, Heniy Champion and others. Some time after the drawing, however, Col. Storrs purchased the interests of the other holders of the lots in the township, and became sole owner, he being the proprietor of considerable other property on the Reserve. Storrs was in eveiy sense a self-made man, having been born of humble parentage, but he had that within him which to so many men has been better than wealth - integrity, perseverance and fine business qualities.
Passage source: History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885.
Among the number of first settlers were Bela Hubbard, Salmon Ward and others, of Middletown, Conn. The two named, in the early part of 1797, I'emoved from their native State to Jefferson Count}', N. Y., where they remained till 1802, but not being satisfied with their first location started for New Connecticut in the early part of March, that year, with an ox-team and a cart loaded with flour, bacon, tools, etc., and landed in Randolph about the last da}- of the month named. They halted at a spot about half a mile west of the present Center, and made preparations for establishing a home. The first night they encamped under a large tree that stood for years afterward, it being held sacred as the abiding place of the first settlers. Here the two pioneers made a small clearing, and with the timber thus cut built a cabin, finishing it the day after their arrival. This old cabin was for inany years a land-mark where it stood, but A-enerable things must, or rather do, give way before the chariot of progress. The day after finishing their cabin Ward was taken sick, and when he recovered sufficiently to travel he made as straight a streak for the East as circumstances and the roads would permit, having had quite enough of life in the wilderness, yet, as the sequel will show, retaining a hankering after the fine lands of Randolph. Hubbard continued to reside where he settled for many years, but some time before his death he removed to Mogadore, on the Summit side of that duplex village, having attained a very advanced ao-e. From the time Ward left till July, about six weeks, the only white inhabitant was Bela Hubbard, and he used to say that it was awful lonesome to be far away from any habitation of his fellow man, and when the only sounds of the night would be the howling of the wolves, the hootings of the owls and the soughing of the winds through the almost interminable forests. Yet, had it not been for such heroic men and their heroic wives, what would this beautiful Western country now be?
Passage source: History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885.
In the spring of 1804 Salmon Ward started for the fourth time to New York, but was never afterward heard from. It is supposed that he was either drowned in the lake, having no papers about him to show his identity, or was murdered. June 13, of the same year, Ebenezer Goss left Plymouth, Conn., and came by way of Pittsburgh to Mahoning Count}-, arriving at Canfield July 29, having been fortysix days on the road. From there he went to Atwater, and in November came ta Randolph. He brought a wife and four children, and when he arrived had only $1 in money. In December Eliakim Merriman, from Wallingford, Conn., came in. He originally, in 1802, settled in Atwater, removing afterward to Suffield and thence to Randolph.
Passage source: History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885.
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 Randolph Township - it names this place 21 more 21 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 295 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 295 specimens collected within 10 miles of Randolph between 1880 and 1975: 223 Animalia, 67 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, A. K. Wyatt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Botrychium dissectum Spreng. | 1924 | Webb, Roscoe J. | Alford's Glen |
 | Elimia H.Adams & A.Adams, 1854 | 1928 | not recorded | Congress Lake Outlet, SW of Kent, North America |
 | Lactuca serriola var. serriola | 1963 | Bruyne P de | Ravenna (Ohio). |
 | Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Collection of R. Spires | Atwater, Near |
 | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1883 | John C. Catlin | Ravenna |
 | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1883 | John C. Catlin | Ravenna |
 | Lepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort. | 1884 | Czekaj | |
 | Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1889 | C. P. Streator | Ravenna |
 | Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) | 1894 | Sterki, Victor | Rootstown, Congress Lake Outlet and Cuyahoga River(pond to) |
 | Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817) | 1894 | Sterki, Victor | Rootstown |
 | Entodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal. | 1899 | W. A. Kellerman | Edinburgh |
 | Anodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834) | 1900 | Sterki, Victor | Kent, Congress Lake Outlet=Breakneck Creek |
All 295 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Randolph: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sober Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wartko Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randolph in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 lightning, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | Randolph | $150,000 | Golf ball size hail was observed. Also, approximately thirty trees were reported down. Many vehicles were damaged by the hail. Some crop damage was also reported. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Lightning | Randolph | $15,000 | A 100 foot tall spruce tree was struck by lightning. The top 70 feet of the tree was disintegrated by the strike. Debris from the tree showered a nearby house and was spread over a three acre area. The house suffered many broken windows and had holes knocked in exterior walls. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Randolph | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $4,000 | Winds observed by a trained spotter were estimated at 60 mph. There was also a report from law enforcement that two trees were downed from thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and one large limb. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree in Randolph Township. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree along U.S. Route 224. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a large tree down on State Route 44. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Randolph | - | Hail up to quarter-size near Randolph and Hartville Roads on the northwest side of Randolph. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Trees downed in Randolph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Numerous large tree branches downed in Randolph. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Randolph | - | Portage County Water Rescue team rescued several dozen animals from a flooded farm in Palmyra Township during the morning of February 18th, including ducks and chickens and a donkey. Some quail, chicken, and two rabbits perished in the flood waters. OH-44 was closed south of US-224 due to flooding. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Randolph | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Randolph | - | A small tornado briefly touched down in a field along Laubert Road to the south of Randolph. The tornado was on the ground only a few dozen feet and caused no damage. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Randolph | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Joseph | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Five Corners | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Industry | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Atwater | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rootstown | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hilltown (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| New Milford | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Suffield | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q136323624 | The 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 1061584. 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.
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.