BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Geauga County · listed in 1992 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Fox-Pope Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.
The listing
- Listed as. Fox--Pope Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 17767 Rapids Rd., Welshfield
- When was it listed? August 1992
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 92000971 - 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.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fox-Pope Farm between 2019 and 2020, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15225 |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15457 |
| 4 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16003 |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fox-Pope Farm: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haueter Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parkman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Parkman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
- 1905 USGS Garrettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Garrettsville quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Free Will Baptist Church Of Auburn | 2.8 miles | 1976 |
 | South Newbury Union Chapel | 4.3 miles | 2012 |
| Burton Village Historic District | 6.1 miles | 1974 | |
 | Dr. Erastus Goodwin House | 6.3 miles | 1975 |
 | Domestic Arts Hall And Flower Hall | 6.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Batavia House | 7.1 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000971 in Record Group 79. |
| Geauga County | All 17 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.