Zoarville Bridge

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1912 1994

This property stands in Fairfield Township. The History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, published 1884 gives that township a chapter of its own.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Zoarville Bridge between 2004 and 2020, burning about 69 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 508 specimens collected within 10 miles of Zoarville Bridge between 1851 and 1973: 407 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 13 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Cusick, A. Cibula, A. Cobula 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
	Juncus tenuis Willd.	1902	Schaffner, J.H.	Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio
	Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr.	1902	Schaffner, J.H.	Brusk Lake, Champaign co., Ohio
	Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.	1936	Heintzelmann, C.E.	Camp Tuscazoar, Zoarville.
	Amelanchier arborea (F.Michx.) Fernald	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
	Anemone canadensis L.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
	Cardamine douglassii Britton	1851	Wolle, J.	Canae Docus [??] [Canal Dover]
	Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover?]
	Delphinium tricorne Michx.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
	Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canal Dover
	Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
	Hydrophyllum virginianum L.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canoe Down [Canal Dover]
	Silene virginica L.	1851	Wolle, J.	Canal Downs [Canal Dover]

All 508 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Zoarville Bridge: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Coal, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Coal. 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 Tuscarawas County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 1912 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
• 1944 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
• 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
• 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
• 1961 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
• 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
• 1994 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000

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 - 4,029 words, 22 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 97000199, 22 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
	Zoar Historic District	2.9 miles	2016
	Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase)	3.0 miles	2013
	Zoar Historic District	3.0 miles	1969
	Lebol, John, House, Smokehouse and Springhouse	4.8 miles	1982
	Zoar Historic District (Boundary Increase)	5.1 miles	1975
	Fort Laurens Site	5.4 miles	1970