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One of 38 National Register listings published here for Fairfield County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John Gill Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
The listing
- Listed as. Gill, John, Farmstead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 12310 Lancaster--Newark Rd., Millersport
- When was it listed? May 1997
- Category. building
- National Register reference number. 97000373 - 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
1907 to 1984The ground this property stands on, surveyed 77 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
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of John Gill Farmstead between 2009 and 2020, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15762 |
| 20 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15708 |
| 1 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15969 |
| 4 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15838 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of John Gill Farmstead: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comer Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
8 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.
- 1907 USGS Thurston quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Thurston quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Millersport quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pugh-Kittle House | 2.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Henry Musser House | 5.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Hizey Covered Bridge | 5.9 miles | 1976 |
| Miller Farm | 6.3 miles | 1978 | |
 | John Bright Covered Bridge | 7.9 miles | 1975 |
 | John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge | 8.0 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97000373 in Record Group 79. |
| Fairfield County | All 38 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.