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Tacoma, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43713. It stands on Sandy Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 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 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 Woodsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
20,780 words on this townshipCentennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Warren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The cultivation of tobacco in Ohio was begun in AVarren township, Belmont County, in 1819, by a Methodist preacher named John D. Price, who, desirous of escaping the baneful influences of slavery, removed to Ohio and located in AA^arren township, near what is now known as Bethel. Persuaded that the soil which surrounded him would successfully grow tobacco, he sent back to his old home in Calvert County, Maryland, for seed, and planted the first tobacco grown in the State in 1819.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
Berry culture for years was the leading industry with the farmers residing near Barnesville, and the fame of the Barnesville strawberry became national. Today, because of unsatisfactory returns, the business is practically abandoned and the farms are largely devoted to grain growing and stock raising. One of the foremost Jersey cattle stock farms in Eastern Ohio is conducted by L. P. Bailey, near Tacoma. Here annual sales are held that attract large gatherings from all parts of the country. In connection with stock raising, Mr. Bailey also conducts an extensive creamery.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
Is established at Tacoma, in Warren township, and occupies a beautiful site commanding a widespread view of the loveliest hill country in the State. The main building is four stories high, surmounted by a cupola, and with two wings, each three stories high. The whole is a modern brick structure of handsome architectural design, with a frontage of 164 feet, and a depth of no feet. It contains 63 rooms and is lighted with electricity and heated with steam. The farm upon which it is located contains 63 acres. The Home was established in 1880 for the physical, mental and moral training of indigent children, until suitable homes could be provided for them. At the earnest appeal of Isaac Holloway, David Conrow, and 82 others, the county commissioners submitted the whole question of establishing a Children's Home to the people of the county, and the proposition carried by a majority of 2,319.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
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 Warren Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tacoma between 2014 and 2016, burning about 1 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6386 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 165 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 165 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tacoma between 1884 and 1975: 127 Animalia, 26 Plantae, 10 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Goff, Buker, W.E., Buker, W.E.; Henry, L.K. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Medicago lupulina L. | 1961 | Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr. | 1 mile west of Hendrysburg. |
 | Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore | 1971 | Cusick, A.W. | disturbed beech woods; St. Rt. 26, just S., Co. Rt. 92, Sect 21, Goshen Twp. |
 | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1884 | Jones, J. (Jesse) | Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789) | 1885 | Jones, J. (Jesse) | West Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Quiscalus quiscula versicolor Vieillot, 1819 | 1885 | Jones, J. (Jesse) | Martin's Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 | 1885 | Jones, J. (Jesse) | Martin's Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | Jones, J. | Martin's Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | Jones, J. (Jesse) | Martin's Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. | 1887 | Koenig, A. | near Temperanceville |
 | Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1891 | Pogue, G. M. (George Marion) | Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 | 1891 | Pogue, G. M. (George Marion) | 2 miles south-east of Loydsville, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
 | Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1891 | Pogue, G. M. (George Marion) | 1/2 mile east of Loydsville, Belmont, Ohio, USA |
All 165 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tacoma in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tacoma | - | Two large trees were reported to be blown down. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Tacoma | - | A citizen reported hail 1.5 inches in size. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Tacoma | - | A citizen reported hail 1.75 inches in size on social media. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnesville | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Olivett | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Speidel | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Badgertown | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bethesda | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hendrysburg | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Baileys Mills | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hunter | 5.8 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 Tacoma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22395279 | 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 1061670. 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.
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.