Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
2001. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“Straitsville (the old town.) situated about one mile from New Straitsville, was Jaid out in 1835 by Jacob and Isaac Strait. The village is pleasantly situated on a broad and commanding ridge, ov erlooking much of the surrounding country.”
1883 History Perry County, Ohio (1883). Machine-read text.
one of 11 National Register listings in Perry County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.01000590- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
The ground it stands on
2,138 words
The chapter on Coal Township in 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names New Straitsville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
New Straitsville was laid out in 1870, by the Straitsville Mining Company, and at once began to grow with a rapidity that no other new mining town in this section of the State had equaled. Large coal companies were organized, and the shipping of coal engaged in on a large scale. Coal-works, stores, shops, dwellings, and c hurches grew up as if by magic. Miners, mechanics, general laborers and business men, gathered from nearly all quarters of the globe. The population of the place increased wonderfully, and in a short time it appeared to be almost a city. It was duly incorporated, and otherwise prepared for permanent growth and lasting habitation. It contains a bank. post oflice, railroad station, telegraph offices, turnace, and stores. shops, etc.. corresponding with the population and business of the place. It also has a large union school-house of eight rooms, four churches and a number of costly private residences. The population of New Straitsville, according to the census of 1880. was 2782, and now probably exceeds 3000.
Straitsville (the old town.) situated about one mile from New Straitsville, was Jaid out in 1835 by Jacob and Isaac Strait. The village is pleasantly situated on a broad and commanding ridge, ov erlooking much of the surrounding country. It grew slowly. however, and for many years, had simply a postoflice, store or two, tavern, and church, and less than one hundred inhabitants. Though only an unimportant country village, it is historic ground, for there the first three years company of volunteers in the county rendezvoused and drilled. before they came to New Lexington to take the cars for the seat of war. Straitsville and surrounding country was a faverite recruiting ground. which kept far ahead of its quota, and the dark shadow of a draft never fell upon its homes, though no part of the State, so far as is known, gave a greater percentage of its population to fight for the Nation's life, and the mortal remains of a large number of them sleep in the soil which their valor helped save to Liberty and Union. Truly, these considerations should make the old village of Straitsville historic ground. The old tavern mentioned is gone, but the village now bas a good
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 48 fires within 5 miles of New Straitsville School between
2006 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
16
Debris and open burning
11
Arson/incendiarism
6
Equipment and vehicle use
4
Other causes
4
Smoking
2
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
Recreation and ceremony
2
Fireworks
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 74 specimens
collected within 10 miles of New Straitsville School between 1890 and
1973: 49 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 4 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by Cooke, W. B.; Cooke, V. G., Duvel, J.W.T, F. Bartley 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
8 workings within 5 miles of New Straitsville School: 5 past producers, 3 producers.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
New Straitsville, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail.
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.
The community of Corning was most affected by the flooding along Sunday Creek. Five houses sustained major damage. About 100 citizens were evacuated , while 25 residents were sheltered. Flooding also occurred along Federal and Wolf creeks.
Multiple roads were closed due to high water across southern Perry County as a result of flash flooding on Sunday and Monday Creeks, and their smaller feeder creeks.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
From the nomination file
5,584 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Statement of significance
Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark 'x' in one or more boxes for Due criteria qualifying the property for (Enter categories from instructions) X A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Property is associated with the lives of Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack 1916 - 1950 Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.
(Mark "x" in all boxes that apply.) 1916 - 1917 Property is: Significant Person A ownedby a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) B removed from its original location. C a birthplace or grave D a cemetery E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. F a commemorative property. - G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within Architect: Matheny, Allen & Mounts, Columbus the past 50 years Builder: Taylor & Linn, Zanesville Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 01000590, 52 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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