Warsaw, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43844. It stands on Beaver Run. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw quadrangle. 634 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Warsaw within Coshocton County

Then and now

1913 to 1966

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Warsaw, surveyed 1966

Topographic sheet of Warsaw, surveyed 1913

On record in Warsaw

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 3 records

Chalfant Churchlisted 1982
Warsaw Hotellisted 1994
Walhounding Canal Lock No. 9listed 1986

Population over time

2 figures

Warsaw fell from 682 to 634 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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	682
2020	634	-48 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1913 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings

In the county-history sources

8,828 words on this township

Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876; History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

John Elder emigrated from Ireland to Virginia in 1804, and thence came with the Darlings to the Walhonding valley, in 1806. After making several other locations, he settled in Jefferson township about 1820. He died in 1851, on his farm, now occupied by his son, Cyrus Elder, a little west of Warsaw. He was a full-blooded, count}- Antrim, Presbj^terian. He was twice married, and reared a large family, still prominent in the township. During the War of 1812, he spent some months in hauling supplies to the soldiers.

Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.

The Walhonding river, flowing eastward from New Castle township, cutting its channel through the Waverly sandstone, divides the township into two nearly equal parts. Two runs. Darling and Beaver, are its tributaries from the north; it has also two from the south, Mohawk and Simmons'. Another small stream, called Flint run, enters Simmons' run about a mile from its mouth.

Passage source: History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. Containing a Comprehensive History of Ohio; a Complete History of Coshocton County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

Most of the hill tops north of the river wej'e devoid of timber when the first settlers arrived, being covered only with small bushes, in some places not even these. Beds of wild strawberries grew in rich profusion and huckle berries also were abundant in places. South of the river the surface was timbered, and it is a remarkable fact that in early days there was no underbrush worth speaking of here. The forests seemed like immense groves, so that game could be seen at a great distance. Since then, however, an almost impenetrable thicket has sprung up on the land that has not yet been cleared.

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 Jefferson Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.

Fires near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Warsaw between 2007 and 2020, burning about 34 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	8
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
21 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	12005
20 April 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 April 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 March 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	15529
24 March 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	764
14 March 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coshocton County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 815 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 815 specimens collected within 10 miles of Warsaw between 1846 and 1974: 688 Animalia, 68 Plantae, 55 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. F. 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray	1898	Wetzstein, A.	Rich woods, New Bremen.
Medicago lupulina L.	1942	Harold N. Moldenke	near coshocton
Cercospora barbareae (Sacc.) Chupp	1943	Lawrence J. King; L.O. Overholts	Watershed 130
Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu	1846	W. S. Sullivant
Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1892	No Person (Birds)	Coshocton Co
Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)	1892	No Person (Birds)	Coshocton Co
Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)	1898	Williamson, E. B.	Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton
Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1903	Sterki, Victor	Coshocton

All 815 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Warsaw: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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
	Briar Hill Quarry	Flagstone	Producer

Every working recorded in Coshocton County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warsaw in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 4 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2016	Lightning	Warsaw	1 killed	Local media reported a 9 year old boy was struck by lightning and later died. The boy was outside attempting to bring horses into a barn when he was struck.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$50,000	Law enforcement reported large trees down near Warsaw.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$50,000	School buses stranded by flash flood at intersection of County Road 41 and Township Road 78. Another person stranded in car, surrounded by high water, on Township Road 48. Bridge washed out on State Route 60. Doppler radar estimated that on Simmons Run, more than 3 inches of rain fell from 2 to 3 pm EDT with a total of 6.2 inches, from 1 pm to 4 pm EDT. On Flint Run, more than 3.5 inches of rain fell from 2 to 3 pm EDT, with a total of 6.9 inches from 1 pm to 4 pm EDT. Flooding of State Route 60, Township Road 55, and County Road 41 continued through 9 PM EDT.
January 1996	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$50,000	no account filed
July 2019	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$25,000	Residents were evacuated on Pike Township Road.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$15,000	Numerous trees down along SR 36 and SR 83.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$10,000	Trees were blown down on to Blissfield Road.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$10,000	In Warsaw Village, several trees were blown down, with power lines also knocked down by falling trees.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$5,000	Law enforcement reported County Road 17 closed due to flash flooding.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$5,000	Trees and limbs were downed.
January 1997	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$5,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Trees down on Twp Rd 377.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Many trees down in central Coshocton Co.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two tree onto SR 60.
July 1998	Lightning	Warsaw	$2,000	Lightning sparked a transformer fire in Warsaw.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	A tree was reported down.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	The public reported multiple trees down blocking multiple roads in Warsaw.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	Two trees were reported downed by thunderstorm winds.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Downed trees and power lines were reported in the area.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Social media post of trees down on State Route 60.
March 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	The Department of Highways reported trees down on State Route 60.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	A member of the public reported that trees were blown down near Warsaw.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	The public reported a tree down on a house.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Warsaw	-	At 9 AM EDT, State Rte 715 was flooded and closed behind Mohawk Dam Also, along Killbuck Creek these roads flooded: SR 60 from Layland to Blissfield, southward to Rte 36. County Rd 24 near Metham flooded. At 11 PM EDT on the 17th, several roads remained flooded. At 1002 PM EDT on the 17th, Rte 83 flooded 8 miles north of Coshocton.
June 1995	Hail	Warsaw	-	A few trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
March 2024	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
August 2003	Hail	Warsaw	-	no account filed
January 1997	Flash Flood	Warsaw	-	no account filed
January 1997	Flash Flood	Warsaw	-	no account filed
January 1997	Flash Flood	Warsaw	-	no account filed
January 1997	Flash Flood	Warsaw	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coshocton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Warsaw Junction	0.5 miles	11
Metham	2.5 miles	16
Nellie	3.2 miles	11
White Womans Town (historical)	3.6 miles	16
Mohawk Village	3.9 miles	11
Randle	4.2 miles	16
New Princeton	4.6 miles	10
Blissfield	5.0 miles	17

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 Warsaw	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q662905	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 1049292. 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.