Whitehall, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Whitehall City. It lies in ZIP code area 43213. It stands on Turkey Run. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Columbus quadrangle. 20,127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWhitehall grew from 18,062 to 20,127 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. 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 | 18,062 | |
| 2020 | 20,127 | +2,065 (+11%) |
Then and now
1925 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 59 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
16 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.
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Southeast Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Whitehall between 2007 and 2007, burning about 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 10,081 shownMuseums hold 10,081 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whitehall between 1814 and 1975: 8,117 Animalia, 1,266 Fungi, 550 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 30 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni | 1900 | Tyler, F.J.; O. E. Jennings | Columbus |
![]() | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
![]() | Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1814 | not recorded | Columbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927 | 1821 | C. Huber | Columbus |
![]() | Solidago riddellii Frank | 1832 | W. A. Kellerman | A few miles N of Columbus. |
![]() | Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd. | 1834 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1837 | W. S. Sullivant | Near Columbus |
![]() | Carex bullata Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Carex comosa Boott | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd. | 1837 | Anonymous | Columbus. |
![]() | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1897 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | Clevenger, J. F. | Columbus |
All 10,081 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Whitehall: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Claycraft No 4 & 5 Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Claycraft Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
16 since 2002The National Weather Service names Whitehall in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2006 | Hail | Whitehall | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $5,000 | Trees were blown down just south of Port Columbus International Airport. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | $2,000 | Sixty four mph winds were recorded near Eastland Mall. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | - | Several roads were closed throughout the county due to high flowing water. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | - | Several roads remained closed throughout the county due to the earlier heavy rainfall. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | - | Several roads were closed along Hamilton Road due to high water. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | - | A creek overflowed onto Robinwood Avenue. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Whitehall | - | Mason run Creek was reported out of its banks which closed Robinwood Avenue at Elburn Avenue and also closed the intersection of Doney Road and Beechcreek Road due to heavy rainfall. The water was reported as standing at the time. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | - | A trailer park was evacuated as water rose to two to three feet deep. Several motorists were stranded in their cars by high water on Yearling Road. |
| February 2025 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Whitehall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Walnut (historical) | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Doneys (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Eastmoor | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Roseland | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Truro | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| East Columbus | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wonderland (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Taylor Station | 2.7 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 Whitehall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2089711 | 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 1049324. 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.


























