Temperanceville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Somerset Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43713. 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
228,527 words on this townshipCentennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Somerset Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The present population of Temperanceville is between 150 and 200. The village school contains two rooms, under the supervision of Harmon Skinner, with Miss Armstrong as assistant. Two cigar factories are in operation that employ cjuite a number of hands.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
The Boston Methodist Episcopal Church. - Before the Boston Methodist Episcopal Church was organized, a little class was formed that met weekly in the homes of the members. The members of this class were: Isaac Taylor and wife, Hugh McMullen and wife,- William McElfresh and wife and the Custer family. Perhaps the first Methodist sermon was preached in the house of Israel Taylor by Rev. Mr. Boyd in 1834.
Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.
Because of the liberality of Mr. Gallagher the church was established in 1822 and was first known as St. Dominic's Church; 32 years thereafter the little log structure was removed and a large brick building was constructed and in 1880 the congregation numbered 200.
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 Somerset Township - it names this place 9 more 9 times.
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Temperanceville between 2015 and 2019, burning about 14 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15276 |
| 27 March 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4025 |
| 23 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7467 |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 723 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 488 |
| 22 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9825 |
| 22 December 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9866 |
| 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 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 40 specimens collected within 10 miles of Temperanceville between 1887 and 1975: 31 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by David M. Dennis, Dennis, D. M., Hicks,L.E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. | 1887 | Koenig, A. | near Temperanceville |
| unnamed | 1905 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville | |
![]() | Merulius incarnatus (S.Ito & S.Imai) Spirin & Zmitr. | 1905 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville |
![]() | Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray | 1907 | Laughlin, E.E. | Barnesville |
![]() | Geastrum triplex Jungh. | 1907 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville |
![]() | Stereum fasciatum (Schwein.) Fr. | 1907 | Laughlin Emma E. | Barnesville |
![]() | Botrychium dissectum Spreng. | 1919 | Laughlin, E.E. | Barnesville |
![]() | Colinus virginianus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1935 | Hicks,L.E. | Jerusalem |
![]() | Cephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort. | 1938 | M. A. Taylor | Long Run. |
![]() | Sympiesis viridula (Thomson, 1878) | 1938 | W.G. Bradley | |
![]() | Nerodia sipedon sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1959 | David M. Dennis | 0.5 mi. S Somerton |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1960 | Dennis, D. M. | in large valley stream, near St. Rt. 26, 4 mi. S jct. St. Rt. 148, Wayne Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio |
All 40 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 Temperanceville: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccort Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mccort Quarry & Mill | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous | Plant |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Temperanceville in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Temperanceville | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported a large tree down blocking State Route 379 south of Barnesville. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Temperanceville | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported by a trained spotter. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Temperanceville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Temperanceville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Baileys Mills | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Somerton | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Barnesville | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Tacoma | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| New Castle | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Speidel | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Olivett | 9.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049242. 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.























