Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
One of 24 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1987 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Union Cemetery-Beatty Park between 1998 and 2017, burning about 47 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CHERRY LANE |
| 23 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 April 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | CROSS CREEK RD. |
| 1 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1783 |
| 1 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WALLER RD |
| 27 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | POLICE LODGE ROAD |
| 28 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7096 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Union Cemetery-Beatty Park: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Steubenville Smelter | Iron, Chromium | Plant | ||
| Wheeling-Pgh/ Mingo Junction, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Wheeling-Pittsburgh/ Steubenville | Iron | Producer |
1 paper 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 |
|---|---|
| True American | 1855 to 1861 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Street Section, Retaining Wall and Water Trough | 0.5 miles | 1992 | |
 | Carnegie Library of Steubenville | 0.9 miles | 1992 |
 | First Methodist Episcopal-Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church | 1.0 miles | 2006 |
| Steubenville Commercial Historic District | 1.0 miles | 1986 | |
| Steubenville Institutional and Ecclesiastical Historic District | 1.1 miles | 2026 | |
 | Steubenville YMCA Building | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003507 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Jefferson County | All 24 listed properties in this county. |
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