Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
“John Augspurger Farm No. 1 is a registered historic building near Trenton, Ohio, listed in the National Register on 1984-08-03.”
Wikipedia article John Augspurger Farm No. 1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 63 National Register listings in Butler County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Butler County.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Madison Township in A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names Trenton. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Mapison Townsuip was originally a portion of Lemon. It lies on the north border of the county, and is divided from Lemon by the Miami River, which flows from north-east to south-west, and separates the two townships in such a way that the lower part of Madison is very narrow. Nearly the whole distance north of Trenton the hills border on the river; but below the bottom spreads out, and forms a wide alluvial plain. At Middletown the river divides in two parts, the old and the new, the latter increasing in volume year by year, and the former lessening. The bridge across the river here is precarious, and liable to be washed away by the flood at any time. A couple of miles west of the river the hills rise to a great height, and afford beautiful views.
Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
Settlement was begun about 1802, when the lands were offered for sale; but there were a few squatters there before. The first compact settlement was at what is now known as Trenton. This is the most considerable village in the township. Other places are known here as Miltonville,: Poasttown, Madison City, and Woodsdale. Astoria is a local name applied to a neighborhood in the west center, where there was formerly a post-office. Elk Creek is the principal stream beside the Miami; but all the brooks and creeks are liable to sudden overflows, and then become torrents of no mean magnitude. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad passes through the length of the township near the river bank, and is of great value to the inhabitants.
Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
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 Madison Township - 11,332 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 440 specimens collected within 10 miles of Augspurger, John, Farm No. 1 between 1835 and 1974: 385 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 20 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. C. Billups, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Adiantum pedatum L. | 1929 | ? | Hueston Woods. |
 | Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey | 1835 | Collector unknown | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
| Carex convoluta Mack. | 1835 | Collector unspecified | "Miami" | |
 | Carex gracillima Schwein. | 1835 | B. Frank | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
 | Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) | 1879 | W. Douglass | Jones Station |
 | Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
 | Diadophis punctatus arnyi Kennicott, 1859 | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
 | Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
 | Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1879 | Porter collection, J.B. | LOCNM: Jones |
 | Spiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
 | Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
 | Storeria occipitomaculata Storer, 1839 | 1879 | not recorded | Hughes |
All 440 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Augspurger, John, Farm No. 1: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hamilton Plant #710 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mecco Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mecco, Incorporated Plt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Middletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Middletown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenton, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $50,000 | Numerous trees downed and some damage occurred to buildings. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $32,000 | Seven homes were damaged due to thunderstorm winds. In addition, one vehicle was overturned and two trees were snapped due to the winds. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $30,000 | Numerous large trees were down and siding damage occurred to several homes due to thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $3,000 | Roof shingles were lifted from portable shelters. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $3,000 | Trees downed in eastern part of county. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $3,000 | Several trees downed. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $1,000 | A tree was downed near the intersection of Dover Court and Governors Avenue. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $1,000 | A tree was reported knocked down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $1,000 | A tree fell into power lines on North 1st Street. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $1,000 | Several one foot diameter trees were downed near the intersection of Quail Drive and Aviary Place. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Trenton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $500 | One ten inch diameter tree was knocked down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $250 | Several large branches were downed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | $250 | Several 5-6 inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Trenton | - | Storm drains backed up due to heavy rain, causing localized flooding on numerous streets. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Trenton | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused a road to be closed. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Trenton | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Trenton | - | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trenton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Trenton | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Trenton | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is reproduced in full on its own page, word for word and never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
The whole case file for this property - 977 words, 10 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 84002901, 10 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ehresman, Christian, Farm | 0.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Augspurger, John, Farm No. 2 | 0.5 miles | 1984 |
 | Iutzi, Christian, Farm | 1.3 miles | 1984 |
 | Kennel, John, Jr., Farm | 1.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Schrock, Peter, Jr., Farm | 1.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Kennel, John Sr., Farm | 1.9 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84002901 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Butler County | All 63 listed properties in this county. |
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