Sunbury, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1967. It stands in Sunbury Village Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43074. It stands on Rattlesnake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunbury quadrangle. 6,614 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSunbury grew from 4,389 to 6,614 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 | 4,389 | |
| 2020 | 6,614 | +2,225 (+51%) |
Then and now
1902 to 1967The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1902 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Westerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sunbury quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Sunbury quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sunbury quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Sunbury quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Sunbury quadrangle1:24000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,481 shownMuseums hold 2,481 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sunbury between 1850 and 1975: 2,356 Animalia, 63 Plantae, 61 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C Whitney, A S BRADSHAW, A. P. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hypoxylon atropunctatum (Schwein.) Cooke | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Hypoxylon crocopeplum Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Hypoxylon howeianum Peck | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1850 | Kugel, B. (Burt) | near Selma, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1860 | Ricke, A. S. | Carlisle, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Centronyx henslowii (Audubon, 1829) | 1872 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ophioglossum vulgatum L. | 1873 | Hussey, J. | |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1874 | not recorded | Sugar Grove, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Branta bernicla hrota (O.F.Müller, 1776) | 1874 | not recorded | Lake Erie, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon, 1834) | 1874 | Wheaton, J. M. (John Maynard) | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1874 | Jasper, T. (Theodore) | Columbus, Scioto R., Ohio, USA |
![]() | Tympanuchus americanus (Reichenbach, 1852) | 1874 | not recorded | Monroeville, Ohio, USA |
All 2,481 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunbury: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Vans Valley Road Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
30 since 1996The National Weather Service names Sunbury in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Sunbury | $50,000 | A tornado made a brief touchdown damaging numerous trees, destroying a barn, damaged 2 homes, and carried away a swingset. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were downed. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $10,000 | Several trees were downed in the Sunbury area as well as in other parts of eastern Delaware County. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Sunbury area. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $8,000 | Numerous power lines were reported down and a tree fell through the roof of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed across eastern portions of Delaware County. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | A few trees were downed near the intersection of Morning Street and Harrison Street. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | Multiple trees were downed on Orchard Lane. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | Trees and powerlines were downed. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Sunbury | $3,000 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused high water on roads. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | Several trees knocked down by strong winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $2,000 | Two large trees were uprooted at a residence on North Columbus Street. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $2,000 | A couple of trees were downed in Genoa and Porter Townships. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $2,000 | Extensive tree damage occurred north of Sunbury due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down over the road. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sunbury | $1,000 | A media member reported minor damage to his car which was parked outside. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Sunbury | $1,000 | Several roads were closed across the eastern part of Delaware County due to high water caused by heavy rainfall. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | - | The Emergency Manager estimated the wind gust. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | - | An observer reported a wind gust to 63 mph. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Sunbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Sunbury | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Sunbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Sunbury | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Sunbury | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunbury | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Sunbury | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbury Estates | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sunbury Meadows | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Creek | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Galena | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rome | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Berkshire | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cheshire Woods | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Vans Valley | 3.4 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.
| Wikipedia article on Sunbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2617802 | 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 1049231. 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.
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.
























