Local events in Byesville
Byesville itself has 1 event posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Byesville
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
Lakes near Byesville
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How Byesville began
Byesville was platted on July 1, 1856, and named for Jonathan Bye, owner of a local sawmill and general store, and was incorporated as a village in 1881 or 1882. Coal mining began to tie the village's fortunes together when the old Central mine started up in 1877; by 1910 about twenty coal mines blew their whistles daily, and the census counted 3,156 residents, the peak. The 2020 census counted 2,364.
Platted 1856, incorporated 1881, by named for Jonathan Bye, mill owner.
Where the name comes from
Named for Jonathan Bye, who owned a mill at the site before the village was platted.
Before the town
Sarchet's 1911 county history lists 'Old Town, above Byesville' among at least five Indian towns in Guernsey County, and says tribes resorted to Guernsey waters for the fish and the riffles where they could set their fish baskets.
Nations recorded here: Lenape (Delaware), Shawnee, Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga).
- Old Town (village) — above (near) Byesville, pre-1800s, recorded in 19th-century county history (ohiogenealogy.org)
Timeline
- — Byesville is platted on July 1, 1856, on section 6, and named for the mill owner Jonathan Bye, whose saw-mill and general store at 'Bye's Mills' were the first industry.
- — The Marietta and Pittsburgh railroad is built through this section.
- — The Central mine, the first in Byesville's vicinity, starts up with pick mining; six men are killed in it over the years.
- — Byesville is incorporated as a village; Sarchet (1911) gives November 26, 1881 for the incorporation and February 7, 1882 for the formal incorporation, with the first municipal election on April 24, 1882 and T. J. Lee as first mayor.
- — Byesville has a little more than three hundred people in the year it is incorporated.
- — A cyclone strikes Byesville on a Sunday evening in June, reported in the Times of June 25, 1885, leaving destruction through the village.
- — Byesville's census population reaches 789, up from 25 in 1870.
- — Natural gas is piped into Byesville, used for street lighting and in homes.
- — The electric railroad from Cambridge enters Byesville.
- — Byesville's census population is 1,267, which more than doubles to 3,156 in 1910.
- — The National Coal Company locates operations in the 'Dogtown' section of Byesville.
- — The village buys a two-story building for its offices, council room and jail, valued at $5,000.
- — Byesville's population peaked at 3,156, a 149% increase over 1900, driven by coal mining.
- — About twenty coal mines blow their whistles daily in Byesville, which has two banks (First National and Byesville State Bank), a hotel, a newspaper (the Byesville Enterprise) and eight general stores.
- — Byesville's population falls to 2,775 from its 1910 high, and to 2,418 by 1940.
- — Plastech's manufacturing plant in Byesville closes in late June, according to Wikipedia.
- — The census counts 2,364 people in Byesville.
Stories
Gas, glass and a streetcar
Byesville in the 1890s was changing fast. Natural gas was piped in during 1898 and used universally for street lighting and cooking, and in November 1899 the electric railroad from Cambridge arrived. The village paid bonuses to bring in factories: eight thousand dollars for a tile works, and twenty thousand for the Byesville Glass and Lamp Company, whose sixty-five-thousand-dollar plant operated seven years and employed over two hundred workmen, with a payroll of six thousand dollars each two weeks at its height. The coal mines were still, Sarchet wrote in 1911, 'the life of Byesville today.' Boards had given way to cement and brick walks, three miles of them, and the volunteer fire department of about sixty-five members drew its water from seven street cisterns.
Photographs
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America / Ohio Digital Network, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: unknown postcard publisher, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · gypsyroadtrip.com · ohiogenealogy.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · archive.org
Water
local wells (mine-pool/groundwater under influence of surface water) The water here
- Byesville100% of residentslocal wells (mine-pool/groundwater under influence of surface water)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Byesville's boundary: 1 fire or EMS station, 1 public school, 1 library, 2 museums, 1 police station, 1 public charging site, 2 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 2 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Byesville Volunteer Fire DepartmentByesville
- Address
- 210 Seneca Avenue, Byesville, OH 43723
- Coordinates
- 39.96924, -81.53538
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (1)
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Byesville Elementary SchoolByesville
- Address
- 212 Main St, Byesville, OH 43723
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 211
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 10.5
- NCES school ID
- 390473002832
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Public libraries (1)
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Byesville Branch LibraryBranch · Byesville
- Address
- 100 Glass Ave, Byesville, OH 43723
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Guernsey County District Public Library
- Open
- 2,418 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 5,259 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 84,864
- System's loans, FY2024
- 251,086
- People the system serves
- 38,438
- Phone
- (740) 685-2236
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)
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Byesville Historical Society & MuseumHistorical society · Byesville
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Byesville
- Coordinates
- 39.97028, -81.53677
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Byesville Scenic RailwayHistorical society · Byesville
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Byesville
- Coordinates
- 39.96535, -81.54454
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Byesville Police DepartmentByesville
- Address
- 221 Main Avenue, Byesville, OH 43723
- Coordinates
- 39.96986, -81.53576
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (1)
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Dollar General - Byesville DC fast4 DC fast · Byesville
- Address
- 205 Main St, Byesville, OH 43723
- Ports
- 4 DC fast
- Plugs
- CCS
- Network
- FCN
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 800-489-1588
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2)
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Byesville Aseptics Llc *Toxics Release Inventory · Byesville
- Address
- 100 Hope Avenue, Byesville, OH 43723
- County
- Guernsey County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43723PWRPC100HO
- EPA registry ID
- 110009605043
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Plastech Engineered Products Inc *Toxics Release Inventory · Byesville
- Address
- 110 North 8Th Street, Byesville, OH 43723
- County
- Guernsey County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43723RRWML110N8
- EPA registry ID
- 110000384511
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (2)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-07-06 · Byesville
- Reported
- 2022-07-06
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 200 gallons
- Where
- Byesville, Guernsey County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2207EPA0001024
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Sludge / Biosolids2026-08-20 · Byesville
- Reported
- 2026-08-20
- What spilled
- Sewage Sludge / Biosolids
- Where
- Byesville, Guernsey County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2608EPA0001557
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Byesville, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43723 Jackson Township and Byesville | 41% | local wells (mine-pool/groundwater under influence of surface water) | 6.3 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Rolling Hills Local · 3.5 stars overall | 7.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Byesville, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2016: 1 of 2 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Issue: Byesville Village Fire | 406 | 184 | Passed (68.81% for) |
| 2016-11-08 | Issue: Byesville Village Ordinance | 338 | 553 | Failed (37.93% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Council | Heath A. Dawson 177, 29.8%; Donald J. Gadd 139, 23.4%; Tom Miller 144, 24.24%; Marj Warner 134, 22.56% |
| 2024-03-19 | B Central Comm Rep | Donald J. Gadd 82, 100.0% |
| 2024-03-19 | A Central Comm Rep | Brennan Dudley 48, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | Jay Jackson 496, 100.0% |
| 2023-11-07 | Council | Roy D. Netting 330, 50.08%; Michael R. Port 329, 49.92% |
| 2020-03-17 | B Central Committee Member (REP) | Donald J. Gadd 82, 100.0% |
| 2020-03-17 | B Central Committee Member (DEM) | No Candidate Filed 0 |
| 2020-03-17 | A Central Committee Member (REP) | Tabitha Laishley 48, 100.0% |
| 2020-03-17 | A Central Committee Member (DEM) | No Candidate Filed 0 |
| 2016-11-08 | Replacement Fire Levy | FOR THE (TAX) 637, 71.65%; AGAINST THE (TAX) 252, 28.35% |
| 2016-03-15 | B Central Committee Member (DEM) | No Valid Petition Filed 0 |
| 2016-03-15 | A Central Committee Member (REP) | No Valid Petition Filed 0 |
| 2016-03-15 | A Central Committee Member (DEM) | No Valid Petition Filed 0 |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2025-09-04
- Special Audit, 2014 to 2021, released 2025-07-24
The county
Guernsey County: 14 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 39,085 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Byesville, day by day, from 1887 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.64 in
- 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
- rain so far in 2026
- 49.0 in
- 13.6 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 19.4 in
- a normal year brings 18.5 in
- a normal year
- 41.5 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.64 | — | 30 |
| September 2026 | 5.67 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 9.13 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 4.46 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 5.75 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 7.10 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 3.93 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 8.02 | 2.5 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.44 | 2.3 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.83 | 14.7 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.60 | 9.2 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.29 | 0.1 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2004 — 60.5 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1930 — 22.2 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 52.9 in |
| Wettest day on record | 9 September 2004 — 4.85 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 9 November 1913 — 14.30 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 10 November 1913 — 20.90 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Byesville, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
49,671 days of records, 1887-08-01 to 2026-10-30. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Byesville: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 17
- those placed on the map inside Byesville
Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:
- GUERNSEY POWER STATION, LLC (sewer and water-line construction, latest Nov 23, 2020)
- GUERNSEY POWER STATION (sewer and water-line construction, latest Jul 29, 2019)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 6 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 5 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 3 |
| State water loans | 2 |
| State sewer loans | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| BYESVILLE LP AMRP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| BYESVILLE WWTP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| WESTLAND APARTMENTS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation | |
| WESTLAND APARTMENTS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation | |
| WESTLAND APARTMENTS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation | |
| WESTLAND APARTMENTS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge report | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge director's orders | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge notice of violation | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| BYESVILLE LP AMRP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| DETROIT DIESEL REMANUFACTURING EAST | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| KERRY GROUP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| GUERNSEY POWER STATION, LLC | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| GUERNSEY POWER STATION, LLC | Sewer and water-line construction permit |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Byesville, Ohio in?
Byesville is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, with 1,892 residents.
When was Byesville, Ohio founded?
Byesville was laid out 1856; incorporated 1881. Founders on record: named for Jonathan Bye, mill owner. Source
How did Byesville, Ohio get its name?
Named for Jonathan Bye, who owned a mill at the site before the village was platted. Source
What ZIP code is Byesville, Ohio?
Most of Byesville is in ZIP code 43723.
Where does Byesville, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Byesville (Byesville): local wells (mine-pool/groundwater under influence of surface water).
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