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One of 42 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 2000 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gambier Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1912.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by OH 229, Meadow Ln., Brooklyn St. and N Village boundary, Gambier
- When was it listed? May 2000
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 99001686 - 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.
Fires near this property
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Gambier Historic District between 2005 and 2020, burning about 18 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15810 |
| 20 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8566 |
| 6 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15611 |
| 6 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15113 |
| 4 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15583 |
| 28 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1089 |
| 20 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15169 |
| 14 April 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gambier Historic District: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill Martinsburg Pit | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Darr and Hart Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Goodwin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandusky Dock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1912 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hunt quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kenyon College | 0.1 miles | 1975 |
 | Kokosing House | 0.5 miles | 1985 |
 | Christ Church At The Quarry | 1.6 miles | 1975 |
 | James McFarland House | 4.3 miles | 1990 |
| East Gambier Street District | 4.6 miles | 1976 | |
 | East High Street Historic District | 4.6 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001686 in Record Group 79. |
| Knox County | All 42 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.