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Stratford, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43015. It stands on Willis Run. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle.

Stratford within Delaware County

Then and now

1924 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stratford, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Stratford, surveyed 1924

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On record in Stratford

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 10 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed 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

29,036 words on this township

History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Delaware City Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Leander J. Critchfield, the late Reporter of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was for a number of years a member of the Delaware bar. He was a native of Ohio, it is believed, and a gTaduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University at this place, in the year 1849. He became a law student of Judge Finch, and was admitted to the bar soon after, and then became the partner of Mr. Finch in the business of the profession. He was a successful practitioner at the Delaware bar until after his appointment, by the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State, to be their Reporter. His first volume of the reports, entitled "The Ohio State Reports," being the fifth volume of a new series, was published in 1858, commencing with the decisions of the court in the term of December, 1855. He continued to be Reporter of the Court until 1872, when he published the last volume of his reports, being the twenty-first volume of the new series. His duties as Reporter were ably and faithfully performed, and these reports j-emain as an honorable monument to his professional abilities and industry. In the mean time, he continued his practice in the courts at Delaware, as well as in all the courts at Columbus, where he established his residence soon after his appointment as Reporter, of the Supreme Court, and where he still continues the practice of his profession. He, therefore, at the present time, is more a representative of the Columbus bar than that of Delaware.

Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.

Henry J. Eaton is a member of the Delaware bar, and came of one of the oldest and most respectable families. He soon acquired the confidence of thft citizens as an honest and faithful lawyer, and in his profession gaining reputation ; when he became a partner of Mr. Reid, with whom he continued several years, and then retired from practice for a time, but has returned to it, and holds his position in the entire confidence of his fellowcitizens.

Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.

Israel E. Buck was admitted to the bar in 1842. He had lived in the county from his infancy, if he was not a native of it. His opportunities for education were limited, such as the country then afforded, but were pursued by him with unusual vigor and diligence. He was distinguished for a strong, robust intellect, which he had cultivated with great assiduity and effect, so that he was ranked among the best informed and intelligent men. As a lawyer, he was more distinguished for his knowledge of the law, and for his common sense and good j udgment, than for eloquence or other captivating display in trials at the bar. He was Mayor of the city at the time that Kossuth visited Delaware, and at a public reception of that distinguished Hungarian, he delivered an address to him, which was much admired and complimented. He was for many years a partner of the writer ; was fast rising at the bar, and on account of diligence, learning, and sound judgment, gave hopes to his friends that when an occasion occurred he would be promoted to the judiciary. But Providence otherwise ordained ; for at an early age he died of a disease of the lungs, much lamented by friends and those who knew him.

Passage source: History of Delaware County and Ohio. Containing a Brief History of the State of Ohio ... Biographical Sketches ... Etc, published 1880.

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 Delaware City Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 2,742 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,742 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stratford between 1850 and 1975: 2,582 Animalia, 92 Plantae, 62 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S BRADSHAW, A. P. Morgan, A. Spreitzer & K. Borror 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of unnamed1896F. L. StevensFlint.
Specimen of Dothidea Fr., 1818Dothidea Fr., 18181896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Hypoxylon atropunctatum (Schwein.) CookeHypoxylon atropunctatum (Schwein.) Cooke1896A. P. MorganPreston
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1850Kugel, B. (Burt)near Selma, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Podiceps auritus, not of this specimenPodiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)1860Ricke, A. S.Carlisle, Ohio, USA
Vernonia maxima Small1871Collector unspecifiedScioto
A photograph of the species Centronyx henslowii, not of this specimenCentronyx henslowii (Audubon, 1829)1872not recordedLicking Reservoir, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Ophioglossum vulgatum, not of this specimenOphioglossum vulgatum L.1873Hussey, J.
A photograph of the species Bonasa umbellus, not of this specimenBonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766)1874not recordedSugar Grove, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Branta bernicla, not of this specimenBranta bernicla hrota (O.F.Müller, 1776)1874not recordedLake Erie, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Melospiza lincolnii, not of this specimenMelospiza lincolnii (Audubon, 1834)1874Wheaton, J. M. (John Maynard)Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Phalaropus lobatus, not of this specimenPhalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)1874Jasper, T. (Theodore)Columbus, Scioto R., Ohio, USA

All 2,742 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stratford in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Tornado (EF1)Stratford$1,000,000The tornado developed in central Delaware County near U.S. Route 23. As the tornado crossed U.S. Route 23, it strengthened and widened and caused more widespread structural damage as it crossed the Olentangy River. Even more significant damage occurred as it moved along Berlin Station Road and in other areas of Berlin Township. Along this portion of the track, a number of homes sustained siding and roof damage and numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. Several barns were also destroyed. In the vicinity of Olentangy Berlin High School, parts of the school campus and athletic fields were damaged, signs were bent over, and several free-standing transmission towers were felled. In this area, maximum wind speeds were estimated to be around 110 mph.||The tornado crossed Alum Creek Reservoir and moved into neighborhoods southwest of Sunbury and west of Galena, where it caused widespread and significant tree damage and a large number of homes had windows blown out, roofs partially removed, and power poles snapped. Damage in these areas was consistent with wind speeds from 95 to 105 mph. ||As the tornado moved through the Galena area, there was a complex mix of straight-line wind damage through southern parts of the town of Galena with tornadic damage embedded across the north side of Galena. The damage field through this area was notably wide.||The tornado entered Licking County at 2022EST, about 3 miles SSE of Condit, and continued to moved east-southeast across much of northern Licking County before ending at 2050 EST, about 1 mile south-southeast of St. Louisville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStratford$10,000Several trees and power lines were downed.
March 2024HailStratford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
The Woods At Dornoch Estates0.8 miles13
Stratford Woods0.9 miles13
Dornoch Estates1.0 miles22
Cheshire Crossing1.1 miles16
Wesleyan Woods1.4 miles13
Riverby Estates1.4 miles13
Braumiller Woods1.5 miles16
Estates At Braumiller1.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049215. 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.

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.