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One of 25 National Register listings published here for Highland County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Gist Settlement Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1917.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Rollins Ln, Gist Settlement Rd, and Turner Ln, New Vienna
- When was it listed? October 2024
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 100010878 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gist Settlement Historic District in 2002, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 February 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gist Settlement Historic District: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haven Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| New Vienna Mill & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| New Vienna Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1917 USGS Sabina quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Sabina quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Vienna quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:100000 - 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William Scott House | 7.1 miles | 1987 |
 | Morrow-Overman-Fairley House | 7.6 miles | 1984 |
| Mother Thompson House | 7.7 miles | 1982 | |
 | Saint Mary's Episcopal Church and Parish House | 7.8 miles | 1988 |
 | Highland Egg and Poultry Company Building | 7.8 miles | 2002 |
 | Bell Mansion | 7.8 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010878 in Record Group 79. |
| Highland County | All 25 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.
- 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.