BlockWest Carlisle, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43844. The Survey maps it on the Trinway quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 56 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1910 USGS Frazeysburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Trinway quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
12,844 words on this townshipHistorical 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 Pike Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Daniel Ashcraft, from Peimsylvania, came to what is now Pike township, and entered the first quarter of land taken up in that township. His son, Jonathan Ashcraft, now eighty-four years of age, w^as the first man to plow a furrow in that township. He also had a saw-mill. Alexander Graham, also from Pennsylvania, came into Pike township in 1819. He died in Jul}^, 1844. One of his sons, William, still resides in the township, and is seventytwo years of age. Daniel Forker came into the township in 1824, from New Jersey. He worked at shoemaking for a number of years in the town of West Carlisle, and then bought a farm about three miles south of the town, where he still lives, being about eighty-four years of age. He served many years as justice of the peace, and also was county commissioner. Two of his sons, Samuel and Wm. R., have held the office of county auditor. John Rine came from Maryland about the year 1819, and is still living in the township, being over eighty years of age. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and now a pensioner. Peter Ault, in 1814, came from Belmont county, Ohio. He died in 1844. He was a cooper. Augustine White, Joshua Lemert, Pierce Noland, and Payne Clark were all from Virginia. Clark came in in 1808, farmed extensively for several j^ears, and then removed to Indiana. Lemert came in 1810, and was for years a prominent citizen of the township. His descendants are still well known in the region. White came in 1818; reared a large family ; died in 1852. ISToland came in 1814 ; was a farmer ; died in 1834. Adam Gault came into the township in 1815 ; was from Pennsylvania; died in 1846. About 1817, Samuel Perkins, from Pennsylvania, entered the tract on which West Carlisle is now situated.
Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.
The first freeholder in this township was John Henderson, who was in possession of four hundred and eighty acres of land in 1818. His brother, George, is understood to have been interested with him, and they were both occupants. They were from Beaver county, Pennsylvania. George died on his farm in White Eyes, at advanced years, in 1868.
Passage source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio :, published 1876.
Daniel Ashcraft was the first settler in the township, settling upon the southwest quarter of section 22 in 1808. fie was from the vicinity of Cheat river, Pennsylvania, and moved West with his son-in-law, Thomas McKee. The journey was made as far as Zanesville by water. Mr. Ascraft and McKee constructed a large boat about twenty by forty feet in size, freighted it with their families, furniture, teams, iron, etc., and launched it on Cheat river, whence it proceeded safely down the Ohio to Marietta. It was too unwieldy an affair to get up to Zanesville, and Mr. Ashcraft came to that place and engaged three keel-boats to bring up his goods. The teams were brought up by land. From Zanesville he proceeded on the road leading west to the neighborhood of Frazersburg, and leaving his heaviest goods there, packed the most necessary articles on his horses through the wilderness, to his future home. A bark camp was hastily constructed and served as a temporary place of shelter. Mr. Ashcraft was an excellent mechanic, and could turn his hand to almost anything. He had a large family, and his boys, Jonathan, Jacob, Jesse, Ehjah and Daniel, were of great service in clearing up the land. He brought over his blacksmith tools as soon as he arrived, and soon had a little, log-cabin built which he occupied several years, then built a larger hewed-log house, a very palace in those days. A whip-saw was brought from Zanesville to prepare the necessary lumber for this building. In connection with his blacksmithing, he carried on a cooper-shop, and soon had a tannery also started on his place. When the Newark road was opened, and the country round about began to be peopled with emigrants, . he provided entertainment at his house for those who required it, a meal thus costing the stranger twelve and a half cents, and lodging six and a quarter cents. While the country upon all sides
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.
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 Pike Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.
Fires near this place
19 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of West Carlisle between 2014 and 2020, burning about 66 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15288 |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5226 |
| 16 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8625 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15158 |
| 9 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15234 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11168 |
| 22 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11166 |
| 22 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 389 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 389 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Carlisle between 1924 and 1974: 370 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Baumgartner, Binning, M. B., C. Stein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Celastrina ladon (Cramer, 1782) | 1924 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Bedford Twp., Coshocton Co., OH |
 | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
 | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding R., Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
 | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Walhonding R., NW Newcastle Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
 | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | along Walhonding River, Jefferson Twp., Coshocton Co., Ohio |
 | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
 | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
 | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Walhonding River, at confluence of Mohican and Kokosing Rivers, 6.5 mi W of Nellie, Newcastle township |
 | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | MB Trautman & asst | Walhonding River, trib of the Muskingum River, Newcastle Twp |
 | Etheostoma variatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Walhonding River, at confluence of Mohican and Kokosing Rivers, 6.5 mi W of Nellie, Newcastle township |
All 389 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Carlisle: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Carlisle in 1 storm report in 2024: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Carlisle | $10,000 | Trees were downed along State Route 79. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperdale | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| West Bedford | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Graham Corners | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wakatomika | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| New Guilford | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mohawk Village | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tyrone | 7.6 miles | 16 |
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 West Carlisle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18378591 | 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 1049305. 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.