Pomeroy Historic District

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1907 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Pomeroy Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pomeroy Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, 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.

Every working recorded in Meigs County

5 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

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.

• 1907 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
• 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
• 1992 USGS Pomeroy quadrangle1:24000

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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Pomeroy Historic District (Boundary Increase)	under 500 feet	1980
	John Downing Jr. House	1.9 miles	1993
	Middleport Public Library	2.2 miles	1986
	William H. Grant House	2.3 miles	1978
	Meigs County Fairgrounds, Grandstand and Racetrack	2.5 miles	1982
	Old Meigs County Courthouse And Chester Academy	7.3 miles	1975