BlockRowsburg, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44866. It stands on Redhaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jeromesville quadrangle.
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
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS West Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS West Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jeromesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
29,109 words on this townshipHistory of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Perry Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Hunky Worst was born in the year 1 775, in the State of Pennsylvania, Berks county. In the year 1.799 he was married to Miss Barbara Dorset, and came to Ohio in the year 18 14 and settled immediately in the woods on the farm now owned by his son Samuel. The farm showed no signs of improvement whatever, to give evidence of civilization or advancement. Here he reared and educated a family of eleven children - seven daughters and four sons. Their names are as follows: Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Henry, Susan, Jacob, Samuel, Nancy and George, six of whom are dead - Catharine, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, Sarah and Nancy. Our subject died in the year 1869, surviving his wife for a period of twenty years. This aged couple lie buried side by side in the Mount Hope cemetery. Few pioneers are. more deserving of a kind remembrance than Mr. and Mrs. Worst.
Passage source: History of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880.
Adam Eichelbercek was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in iSoi, and was married, in 1827, to Miss Susannah Westheffer. The fruit of this union was seven children, five sons and two daughters, viz.: Simon. William, Joseph. Catharine, Adam, David, and Susan, all of whom are living. Mi. Eichelbergcr came to Ohio in the year 1839, and settled near Wooster, Wayne county, where he resided for one year, when he removed to Perry township, and purchased a tract of land containing one hundred and forty-eight acres. Idis settlement was almost surrounded with timber, with no improvements save a rude log cabin to give evidence of his having had a predecessor. This' aged couple yet reside on the old homestead, and both have passed their three score and ten. Simon, the eldest son, and subject of the following sketch, was born in Cumberland county, Pennylvania, in 1828, and resided with his parents untii he arrived at the age of nineteen, when he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which occupation he industri cusly pursued for a period of eight years. Lie was married in 1852 to Miss Sarah .Ambrose. To them have been born five children, four sons and one daughter, viz.: Agnes, Horace, Henry, Elmore, and Newton. The Enter died at the age of eleven years. Himself and wife are members of the Evangelical Association. His present home is what is known as the old Ambrose homestead.
Passage source: History of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880.
was organized at the same session of the commissioners with Lake, in September, 1814. and had jurisdiction over the territory of Jackson until 1819. The pioneers of Perry at that time (1814), are believed to have been John Carr, John Ewing, Joseph C Handler, Aaron Cory, John Corv, John Raver, Benjamin Emmons, James Scott, Richard Smalley, Henry Worst, Arthur Campbell, Cornelius Dorland, and John Jackson, who was the first justice of the peace.
Passage source: History of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rowsburg between 2019 and 2020, burning about 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15242 |
| 19 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15868 |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15164 |
| 11 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15155 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15153 |
| 8 January 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15387 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 263 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 263 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rowsburg between 1846 and 1975: 241 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Ashcroft, G.B.; O., Berea, Auten, B Zahuranec & party 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anthoceros crispulus (Mont.) Douin | 1923 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | near Londonville |
| Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleave, 1916 | 1846 | P. Harwood | Ashland | |
 | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1897 | Smith, D. W. | Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
 | Danthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult. | 1897 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Vermilion Township |
 | Euphorbia maculata L. | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B.; O., Berea | Albion |
 | Mentha spicata L. | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Albion |
 | Smilax tamnoides L. | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Red Haw |
 | Tyto alba pratincola (Bonaparte, 1838) | 1900 | Fuller, W. J. | Sullivan, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
 | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1902 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
 | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1927 | not recorded | |
| Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) | 1927 | Drumm, J. C. | Long Lake, Ashland Co., Ohio | |
| Trionyx spiniferus Lesueur, 1827 | 1927 | Drumm, J. C. | Long Lake, Ashland Co., Ohio |
All 263 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 Rowsburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gindlesperger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gindlesperger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rowsburg in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Rowsburg | $75,000 | A weak EF0 tornado touched down west of Rowsburg near the intersection of County Roads 1302 and 251. The tornado continued east southeast for about a mile before dissipating on the north end of Rowsburg. The damage path indicates that the tornado was probably intermittent and at tree top level. A barn was toppled near the beginning of the damage path and a house in Rowsburg was also heavily damaged by fallen trees. The barn appears to have been toppled from a combination of tornadic and straight line winds. Five livestock animals were killed in the barn collapse with several more injured. Many trees were downed along the damage path and large swaths of corn were flattened. The damage path from the tornado was no more than 15 yards wide but damage from the accompanying straight line downburst winds was more than a half mile in width at times. The damage path was a little over a mile in length. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowsburg | $5,000 | Trees downed. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowsburg | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rowsburg | - | A few trees downed in Rowsburg. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Rowsburg | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065250. 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.