Stringtown, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43946. It lies near Johnson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Matamoras 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
1905 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1905 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS New Matamoras quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | RT. 2 |
| 2 May 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CHERRY STREET |
| 1 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | THORN RIDGE |
| 4 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | FRIENDLY |
| 3 April 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | PADEN CITY |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 651 |
| 1 April 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CLARK |
| 8 March 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Wayne National Forest | 260 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 115 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 115 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stringtown (historical) between 1860 and 1975: 97 Animalia, 9 Fungi, 8 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albert Hazen Wright, Albert Wright, Archer, W. A. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Taphrina sacchari Jenkins | 1922 | O.L. Inman | Antioch College |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1860 | unknown | Willow Island Pool, r. mi. 128.3, below mouth of Texas Cr. |
| Peronospora manshurica (Naumov) Syd. | 1928 | Archer, W. A. | Greenbrier | |
![]() | Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Ohio River tributary, within north of Fly in Jackson township, near Sistersville, Jackson township |
![]() | Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River, within south Washington township, near Brownsville, Washington township |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River, Ex north Ludlow township, ~5.1 mi W of Brownsville, Ludlow township |
![]() | Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River, within south Washington township, near Brownsville, Washington township |
![]() | Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River, Ex north Ludlow township, ~5.1 mi W of Brownsville, Ludlow township |
| Merope tuber Newman, 1838 | 1930 | not recorded | ||
| Phanogomphus lividus (Selys, 1854) | 1930 | not recorded | Sisterville | |
| Rumex acetosella L. | 1930 | E. S. Berkeley | Sisterville |
All 115 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 Stringtown (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdonough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Virginian Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fly | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Centerview (historical) | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Wittens | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Wahanaker | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Brownsville | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Trail Run (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lodi | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Alexis | 5.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1051034. 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.




















