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One of 41 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kenton-Hunt Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
The listing
- Address. N of Springfield at 4690 Urbana Rd., Springfield
- When was it listed? February 1980
- Category. building
- Architectural style. Federal architecture
- National Register reference number. 80002955 - 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.
Fires near this property
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kenton-Hunt Farm in 2002, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 October 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kenton-Hunt Farm: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| County Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eagle City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Smith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Smith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Newspapers printed here
2 papers2 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.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Springfield Globe-Republic | 1884 to 1887 |
| Springfield Daily Republic | 1887 to 1888 |
Maps showing this location
9 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.
- 1904 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1906 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Springfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Country Club | 2.6 miles | 2023 | |
 | Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged | 3.6 miles | 1980 |
 | David Crabill House | 3.6 miles | 1975 |
 | Wittenberg University Historic District | 4.0 miles | 2014 |
 | Myers Hall | 4.0 miles | 1975 |
 | Third Presbyterian Church | 4.1 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80002955 in Record Group 79. |
| Clark County | All 41 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.