BlockRenrock, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brookfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43732. It stands on Blanchard Run. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1911 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 83 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
9 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.
- 1911 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,829 words on this townshipHistory of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Brookfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first permanent settlement in the township was made in 1806, by the sons of Ezekiel Dye. Dye's Fork, of Meigs Creek, takes its name from this family, and the '' Dye settlement " was well known to the pioneers of the territory now formino; the counties of Guernsey, Muskingura, Morgan and Noble. Ezekiel Dye, Sr., was a native of New Jersey, and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, and m 1S04 followed westward to Chillicothe the path known as the old Federal trail, seeking lands on which to locate. He was best pleased with the Meigs Creek location, and entered several hundred acres, situated in the vicinity of Renrock, upon which he and his sons located and passed their lives. They were good citizens - honest, industrious and straightforward men ; courageous and hardy, well fitted to endure the hardships of pioneer life.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
When tlie Dyes came to Brookfield they were obliged to go to Waterford, on the Muskingum, for milling. Salt was very hard to procure, and very high. Much of it used in the southern Ohio settlements was brought across the mountains on horseback by means of pack saddles. " Alum salt " was salt mixed with red pepper, that it might be used more economically. The first mill in the neighborhood of Renrock was a horse-mill, owned by Thomas Dye. There were no early water-mills in this part of the township.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
A few years after the Dyes came James Lyons, who settled on the creek two miles from Renrock. Soon after he came here all his daughters died of consumption. His sons were James, Joseph and John.
Passage source: History of Noble County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated, published 1887.
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 Brookfield Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Renrock (historical) between 2009 and 2019, burning about 37 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15265 |
| 18 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4728 |
| 14 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14385 |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 10025 |
| 18 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7067 |
| 3 December 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9425 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 40 specimens collected within 10 miles of Renrock (historical) between 1902 and 1974: 29 Plantae, 9 Animalia, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood, D M DENNIS, DAVID M SEVER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Daedalea ambigua Berk. | 1902 | Lloyd C. G. | Glenwood |
 | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1912 | E. Bartholomew | Caldwell |
 | Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw. | 1942 | Moldenke, H.N. | Caldwell |
 | Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. | 1942 | Moldenke, H.N. | Caldwell |
 | Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. | 1942 | Moldenke, H.N. | Caldwell |
 | Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt. | 1942 | Moldenke, H.N. | Caldwell |
| Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb. | 1950 | L. J. Gier | White's Gulch | |
 | Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827) | 1959 | Kraig K. Adler; David M. Dennis | Sharon Twp. Road 1 and Ohio Rt.78 |
 | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1960 | Adler, K. K., Tilley, S. G. & Wood | 2 mi. SE of Cumberland, Brookfield Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
 | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1960 | D M DENNIS | CENTER TOWNSHIP CA 2 MI W OF SARAHSVILLE |
 | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1960 | Tilley, S. G., Adler, K. K. & Wood, L. W. | 2 mi SE of Cumberland, Noble Co., Ohio |
 | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1960 | D M DENNIS | SHARON TOWNSHIP |
All 40 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Renrock (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Ohio Coal Co. Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Green | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hoskinsville | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Scott (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hunter (historical) | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hiramsburg | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Coal Ridge | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rich Valley | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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 Q122544336 | 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 1062970. 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.