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Rehoboth, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Clayton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43764. The Survey maps it on the New Lexington quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1911 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
5,721 words on this township1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Clayton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The M. E. Church organization in Rehoboth is about the second oldest in the county, and one among the oldest in the State. The original class was organized in 1812 or 1813, by George Gardner, who was soon after ordained as local preacher. Gardner and wife, James Thrall and wife, Grandmother Carroll, Hannah Carroll and one or two others, were the members composing it. Rev. Martin Fate preached the first sermon, at Gardner's house, which was a preaching place for some time, and until the log church was built, about 1818, on the front part of the cemetery lot, a few rods south of the present site of Rehoboth, on the New Lexington road. The old church was in regular use until about 1832, when the brick edifice was erected, near the east end of the town. The early preachers on the Rehoboth charge were the same who served Somerset and other charges, of whom a sketch is given in another chapter. School was also held at the old church mentioned, and as regular preaching always took place on a week day, it was a common occurrence to dismiss school for an hour, that religious worship might be held. The circuit preachers, as they were called, would come from the direction of Uniontown or Somerset, sing, pray and preach, and after shaking hands with the congregation, would mount their well-fed and well-kept horses, and move on westward, dear knows where, for there was no church in New Lexington or neighborhood, at that time.
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
The Rehoboth Church has had some up and downs, but it always has been a strong society, and remains so at the present day. Two or more eminent preachers have gone out from its portals into the life work of the ministry. It maintains a flourishing Sabbath school, and has during almost its entire existence. The Sabbath school was organized previous to 1820, George Gardner probably being the first superintend- ent. The Rehoboth circuit, at one time, and for quite a number of years, included the New Lexington, Uniontown and Somerset churches, along with many others, and three ministers were assigned to its service. The old circuit has been divided into stations and smaller circuits. Rehoboth church is now attached to New Lexington station, and is only two miles distant therefrom. :
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
A Catholic log church was built in the eastern part of Clayton township, near the Zanesville road, at an early day, and it was used as a place of public worship until about 1832 or 1833, when a church was located at Rehoboth, and the old log church was abandoned. Dr. Poujade, a Frenchman, who had built a large frame structure, near the south end of Rehoboth, intended for a grist-mill, which he proposed to run by means of a sort of perpetual, endless pump, an invention of his own, upon realizing that the machine would not work, effected a sale of the premises to the Catholics, and the large frame edifice was converted into a house of worship. It was thus used for about twenty years, the congregation most of the time being very large. The communities now accommodated by the churches at New Lexington, McLuney. and South Fork, nearly all worshiped there. At last the building was removed to a back lot, with a view of erecting a new and commodiot brick edifice on the spot where the old frame house stood. This inten tion, for some reason, was eventually abandoned, and the congregation built the McLuney church, just over the line in Ilarrison township.
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
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 Clayton Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
23 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Rehoboth between 2014 and 2019, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1346 |
| 20 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4665 |
| 15 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4366 |
| 13 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11230 |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 808 |
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 811 |
| 10 April 2017 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7895 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 177 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 177 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rehoboth between 1891 and 1975: 149 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Buker, W.E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd. | 1910 | W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | [Specific locality illegible.] |
 | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Fultonham |
 | Puccinia schedonnardi Kellerm. & Swingle | 1895 | W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Uromyces junci Tul. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | Junction City |
 | Natrix kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856) | 1902 | Dilto, C. R. | Perry Co., Ohio |
 | Puccinia muhlenbergiae Arthur & Holw. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman & J. McOwen Jr. | |
 | Endothia fluens (Sowerby) Shear & N.E.Stevens | 1912 | Nixon E. L. | Perry Co. |
 | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1915 | G.G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
 | Telmatodytes palustris (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1926 | Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | Honey Creek, Buckeye Lake, Perry, Ohio, USA |
 | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | County line, Near Portersville, Perry Co., Ohio |
All 177 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rehoboth: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnelly Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Cannon Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cannon Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Crooksville Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ludowici-Celadon Donnelly Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Turkey Run Mine Johnson City Clay | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rehoboth in 1 storm report between 2020 and 2020: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rehoboth | $3,000 | In the town of Rehoboth, several trees were blown down onto power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbren | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| New Lexington | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Clover Hill | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lyonsdale (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mainsville | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Redfield | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wesley | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saltillo | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Rehoboth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7309834 | 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 1076725. 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.