Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Sandyville, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sandy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44626. The Survey maps it on the Waynesburg quadrangle. 350 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.

Sandyville within Tuscarawas County

Population over time

2 figures

Sandyville fell from 368 to 350 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	368
2020	350	-18 (-5%)

Then and now

1912 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sandyville, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Sandyville, surveyed 1912

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

5,387 words on this township

The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Sandy Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Other early settlers on the Congress land were Peter Fulk, Philip Swank, John Sweaney, Andrew Sheas and Hugh Russell. Peter Fulk was a Pennsylvania German, made his home on the southwest quarter of Section 6, owned considerable land in addition, came before 1815, usually wore buckskin pants, was a successful farmer and died in 1823. Christian and Philip Swank were here before 1815, emigrating from Huntingdon County. Penn. Christian came first, and afterward moved to Stark County. Philip settled on the northeast quarter of Section 5, afterward on the southwest quarter of Section 7. He moved to Livingston County, Mo. John Swaney, from Frederick County, Md., entered and settled on the northwest quarter of Section 14 prior to 1815. He died near Sandyville. Andrew Sheas came in 1816, from Pennsylvania, and purchased the northwest quarter of Section 3, which had been entered by John Burk. He was an Albright, and services of this denomination were held for a time in his barn. His father, Peter Sheas, crossed the Delaware with Gen. Washington, and resided for a short time in Sandy. Hugh Russell, a miller by trade and occupation, came from Maryland to Stark County, Ohio, in 1814, and to Sandy Township in 1817, settling on the northwest quarter of Section 4. He died in May, 1825, and his son, Hugh, is now the only member of his family in the township. Mr. Russell is seventy -four years of age, and one of the township's most respected citizens.

Passage source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884.

The first white child bom in the township was James Farber, boh of John Farber, in the spring of 1808. Nancy Eakin was the second. She was bom in the autumn of 1808. The first marriage was that of Rebecca Flickinger to Mr. Kline. Sally Farber, of the township, however, was married earlier to John Price There being no Justice in this township at that time, a Squire was sent for from Canton. He came to the county line, near Farber' s cabin, and was there met by the expectant couple. William Lee, who was teaching school in the neighborhood, marched his pupils out to the forest altar to witness the ceremony, then solemnly returned with them to the schoolroom and re -commenced practicing (there the art of education. Indians occasionally visited the schoolroom. They would enter noiselessly, remain quietly for an hour or two, perhaps smoke with the teacher, then as quietly again take their departure without uttering a syllable. The Tndians would visit the earliest settlers in bands of perhaps ten or twenty, and refuse to leave the cabin of the white man until the cravings of the inner man were satisfied, even if it required the settler's whole stock of provisions. Many distilleries were operated in the township in the early days. Rev. J. B. Morrow organized the first temperance sooiety, near Sandyville, about 1831. Peter Andrews, about 1832, built a grist mill on One Leg Creek, in the southwestern part of the township. It was afterward rebuilt, and burned a few years ago.

Passage source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884.

Sandyville is a little village located in the pleasant valley of Sandy Creek, a short distance below the mouth of Nimishillen Creek. It was laid out in 1815 by Henry Laffer. The plat shows that there were originally eighty-six lots, all of which are three perches in width, and west of them twelve perches in length. Main and Front streets cross at right angles and run with the cardinal points of the compass. At their intersection is a M public square," eight perches in width and ten in length. In 1839, Daniel Becket made an extensive addition on the north, consisting of fifty-one lots, thirteen of which are of large size, the others building lots. In 1843, the administrators of Henry Laffer made an addition of forty-seven lots, extending west as far as Sandy Creek. The proprietor, Henry Laffer, was ODe of the most prominent men in the county. He emigrated from Westmoreland County, Penn., to New Philadelphia about 1806, and kept a tavern at the county seat for several years. From 1810 to 1813, he was Sheriff of the county In 1815, he purchased from Joseph Eakin the northeast quarter of Section 8, and founded Sandyville. This quarter had been entered by Joseph Eakin and Jonathan Skyhawk. They erected a saw mill, and soon after Eakin obtained sole possession. Both were from Beaver County, Penn., emigrating to Tuscarawas about 1809. In 1815, Joseph Eakin returned to Pennsylvania. Mr. Laffer engaged in various public enterprises to advance the interests of his community and county, was quite popular, became a Major General of the militia, a State Senator, and filled other positions of trust and honor. He died at Sandyville in March, 1835.

Passage source: The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884.

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 Sandy Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Fires near this place

20 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Sandyville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 54 acres 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	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
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
26 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15797
26 June 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	5065
2 May 2015	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	1105
7 April 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
6 April 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 April 2005	Debris and open burning	4.4 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	13148
19 April 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 197 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 197 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sandyville between 1851 and 1973: 145 Animalia, 41 Plantae, 11 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Cusick, A. Cibula, A. Cobula 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Adiantum pedatum L.	1936	Heintzelmann, C.E.	Camp Tuscazoar. Zoarville.
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.	1936	Heintzelmann, C.E.	Camp Tuscazoar, Zoarville.
Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt	1936	Heintzelmann, C.E.	Zoarville, Ohio. Camp Tuscazoar
Amelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
Anemone canadensis L.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
Cardamine douglassii Britton	1851	Wolle, J.	Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover]
Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover?]
Delphinium tricorne Michx.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canal Dover
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
Hydrophyllum virginianum L.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
Silene virginica L.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canal Downs [Canal Dover]

All 197 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Sandyville: 9 producers, 4 past producers, 2 plants. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Black Hawk Mine	Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Corundite Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Edgar Spring Pit	Clay, Coal	Producer
Fairfield Mines & Mill	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Plant
Fairfield Pit	Clay, Coal	Producer
Zoar Pit	Clay, Coal	Producer
Zoar Pit	Clay, Coal	Producer
Oster Sand & Gravel Bolivar Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sandyville Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Zoar Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandyville in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandyville	$2,000	Law enforcement reported a tree down on a small mobile trailer.
April 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Sandyville	-	This is a continuation of the tornado that impacted East Sparta in\|Stark County.\|\|The tornado resulted in damage to several modular homes and\|brought down numerous hardwood and softwood trees in the Sandy\|Valley Estates allotment along Route 800. It then moved across SR183\|damaging two additional structures before moving toward Sandy Valley\|High School, where it toppled additional hardwood trees and damaged\|structures near the ballfields.\|\|This is the 16th tornado for Tuscarawas County since the 1880s for which\|we were notified of damage. The most recent tornado prior to this occurred\|on April 14th, 2019 when another EF0 tornado was observed.

Every storm recorded in Tuscarawas County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sandy Valley Estates	1.1 miles	17
Dutchtown	1.6 miles	17
Mineral City	2.8 miles	17
Zoar	3.2 miles	16
Wilkshire Hills	3.5 miles	16
Lawrenceville (historical)	3.9 miles	16
Valley Junction	3.9 miles	16
Zoarville	4.0 miles	16

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 Sandyville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472250	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 1063001. 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.