West Massillon, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Massillon City. It lies in ZIP code area 44647. It stands on West Sippo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Massillon quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in West Massillon
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 within a mile 9 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
First National Bank Buildinglisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Ideal Department Store Buildinglisted 1992 · 0.6 miles away
First Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
St. Mary's Catholic Churchlisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
St. Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Churchlisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Churchlisted 2010 · 0.9 miles away
Five Oakslisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away- Massillon Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2018 · 0.7 miles away
- Fourth Street Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS Massillon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Massillon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Massillon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Massillon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of West Massillon in 2005, burning about 8 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 423 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 423 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Massillon between 1836 and 1975: 366 Animalia, 44 Plantae, 8 Unrecorded, 4 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M. Rogers, Anson A. Hinkley, Antonio, T. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gloeosporium venetum Speg. | 1890 | J.T. Rice | |
![]() | unnamed | 1907 | Bruce Fink | |
![]() | Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872 | 1940 | not recorded | Navarre |
![]() | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | 1836 | Collector unknown | Canton |
![]() | Carex intumescens Rudge | 1836 | Collector unknown | Canton |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1875 | not recorded | No specific locality recorded. |
![]() | Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | not recorded | Canton |
![]() | Melospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
![]() | Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783) | 1885 | Bulley, R. H | Canton |
All 423 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Massillon: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Steel/ Massillon, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Aj Diana Sons Inc Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Allied Corp Plant No 3 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Allied Corp. Plant Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Diana Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Massillon Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Northern Ohio Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oster Sand & Gravel Missilon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawndale | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Massillon | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| West Park | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Columbia | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mayflower Village | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| East Brookfield | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sherwood (historical) | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Westarado | 1.5 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556528 | 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 1057324. 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.




















