Commercial Point

History

Wiley H. Beckett came from eastern Virginia in 1829 and settled on a 238-acre tract west of the present Commercial Point. In 1841 he laid out a community called Genoa. James H. Burnley, also from Virginia, arrived in the area in 1832 and laid out a similar community east of Genoa called Rome. As the two towns grew larger, Rome became the western half, and Genoa the eastern half, of a new single town. When Genoa was incorporated in 1851, Rome was merged into the new village. The first store was established in 1844 by Wiley H. Beckett, and the post office was originally named Beckett's Store. The name of the village was changed in 1872 to Commercial Point.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  13,805
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,787
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  12,561
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,437
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,389
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11,993
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,227
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  9,957

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2026-02-22
  2 km NE of Hillsboro, Ohio
• M 3.4 — 2017-05-24
  1 km S of McArthur, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2015-02-11
  8 km SE of Richmond Dale, Ohio
• M 3.5 — 2013-11-20
  2 km SW of Buchtel, Ohio