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One of 60 National Register listings published here for Licking County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Jersey Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1908.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 10424 Morse Rd. SW, Jersey, 43062
- When was it listed? 2018-03-23
- Category. building
- Township. Jersey township
- National Register reference number. 100002232 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
6,627 wordsThe chapter on Jersey Township in History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881 names Jersey. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
In the month of February, 1815, Joseph Headley, Peter Headley and a colored man, left their homes at the falls of Licking in Muskingum county, and camped on the South fork near the present village of Jersey. They split puncheons and built a sort of structure in which they lived, and made sugar. Peter Headley soon went to the land office at Chillicothe and entered or purchased the southeast quarter of section twenty-four for himself ; the southwest quarter for Mr. Lewis Martin, and the northwest quarter for Richard Osborn.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, published 1881.
Mr. Lewis Martin, also from New Jersey, prospected in Jersey township in 1815, and with his father-in-law, Richard Osborn, and a brother-inlaw, Mr. Vandegriff, with their families, also Mrs. Martin's brother, moved there, June 15, 1815, and occupied a cabin erected by Peter Headley. In a month Mr. Martin had erected a cabin on his own land - the land having been entered by Peter Headley for him. These were the first settlers of Jersey township. They were compelled to cut a wagon road several miles before reaching the land they had determined to settle upon.
Passage source: History of Licking County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 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 Jersey Township - 6,627 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jersey Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall in 2009, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 769 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 769 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jersey Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall between 1890 and 1975: 736 Animalia, 29 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. R. Elliott, Bartholomew E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hypoxylon atropunctatum (Schwein.) Cooke | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
 | Hypoxylon microplacum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) J.H.Mill. | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
 | Puccinia seymeriae Burrill | 1890 | not recorded | Alexandria |
 | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1893 | N. G. Buxton | Johnstown |
 | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | N. G. Buxton | Johnstown |
 | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1894 | not recorded | Alexandria |
 | Tabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1806 | 1946 | Edw S Thomas | Ash Cave |
 | Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1950 | L. J. Gier | White's Gulch |
 | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | Ramp Creek - S. Fk. Licking R., Unnamed trib. on TR 143 about 0.2 mi E of TR 139 |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | Ramp Creek--S.Fk.Licking River, unnamed trib. on TR 143 about 0.2 mi E of TR 139. |
 | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) & Lea, C. (Carol) | Dry Run- N. Fk. Licking R., Brush Fork; Brush Fork of Dry Cr. at bridge on twp. rte #99 about 1.4mi. E of Co. rte. #21 |
 | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1975 | Jezerinac, R. (Raymond) et al. | Ramp Creek - S. Fk. Licking R., Unnamed trib. on TR 143 about 0.2 mi E of TR 139 |
All 769 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jersey Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jersey, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Jersey | $200,000 | The tornado began in Franklin County at 0549EST in the Havens Corners area. It moved east-northeast and entered Licking County near the intersection of Dixon and McOwen Roads at 0553EST. The tornado caused a wide swath of tree and structural damage along its path across Graham Road SW and the Jersey area. Structural damage was mainly in the form of windows blown out, destroyed barns, and minor roof removal. The tornado slowly weakened as it moved east-northeast toward the southwest side of Granville where it dissipated. Along this stretch, mainly tree and very minor structural damage was noted. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jersey | $1,000 | A tree was downed near the intersection of Clark State and Dixon Roads. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jersey | $1,000 | The top of a 25 foot tall tree was snapped off. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Jersey | - | Water was covering a portion of Smith's Mill Road near Beech Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jersey | - | Several trees were downed. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Jersey | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Hail | Jersey | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
6 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1908 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Jersey quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pataskala Elementary School | 4.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Bethel Baptist Church | 4.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Pataskala Jail | 4.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Mead House | 4.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Warren F. Kauber Funeral Home | 4.5 miles | 1983 |
 | Elliot House | 4.5 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002232 in Record Group 79. |
| Licking County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- 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.