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Photograph of Zoar Historic District
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Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase)

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1912.

From the record

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Tuscarawas County · listed in 1975 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Then and now

1912 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase), surveyed 1912

Fires near this property

21 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 50 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5345
12 June 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5025
5 May 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Debris and open burning2.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase): 12 producers, 6 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Hawk MineClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Corundite PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Strasburg Brick MillFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Zoar PitClay, CoalProducer
Zoar PitClay, CoalProducer
Belden PitClay, CoalProducer
Edgar Spring PitClay, CoalProducer
Fairfield PitClay, CoalProducer
77 Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
County Line Sr 212 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United 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.

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Fort Laurens Site2.2 miles1970
E.D. Fisher House2.7 miles1999
Garver Brothers Store2.8 miles1980
Zoar Historic District2.8 miles2016
Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase)2.8 miles2013
Zoar Historic District2.9 miles1969

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75002124 in Record Group 79.
Tuscarawas CountyAll 26 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.