BlockFrom the record
9 National Register listings published here · 36 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1893 to 1916.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Putnam County, Ohio
76 topographic sheets and 24 fire insurance atlases across 4 places.
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What the record shows
- 4 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Leipsic, Columbus Grove, Ottawa, Continental, between 1884 and 1951.
- 24 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
- 593 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 9 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 7 buildings, 1 structure and 1 district.
- 6 of the 9 listings were added during the 1970s.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 50 populated places in this county; 50 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
- 1 public-domain county history, 1915, supplies 20,233 words of narrative reproduced here.
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Places on the National Register
9Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
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 | Bridenbaugh District No. 3 Schoolhouse | building | 2005 | 05000343 |
 | Columbus Grove Municipal Pool | structure | 1997 | 97000511 |
 | John Edwards House | building | 1978 | 78002177 |
| Gilboa Main Street Historic District | district | 1979 | 79001927 | |
 | Dr. H. Huber Block | building | 1980 | 80003213 |
 | Leipsic City Hall | building | 1979 | 79001928 |
 | Ottawa Waterworks Building | building | 1976 | 76001519 |
 | Putnam County Courthouse | building | 1974 | 74001608 |
 | St. John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church | building | 1977 | 77001083 |
Digitised newspapers
6 issuesSampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
The Kalida Venture
Kalida, Ohio, 1841 to 1865. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
The county from the air
28 shownFlown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 682 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 28 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
Weather records
8 stations, 9 gagesThe thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
- OTTAWA 1948 to 1949, hottest 40.0 C, coldest -16.7 C
- OTTAWA 1948 to 2026, hottest 23.3 C, coldest -16.1 C
- PANDORA 1949 to 2026, hottest 39.4 C, coldest -30.6 C
- GLANDORF 1953 to 1967
- OTTAWA 1.0 N 2017 to 2026
- OTTAWA 2.3 SE 2021 to 2026
- LEIPSIC 5.4 W 2023 to 2026
- OTTAWA 1.2 ENE 2024 to 2026
- Auglaize River near Fort Jennings OH 1921 to 2026
- Blanchard River at Glandorf OH 1921 to 1951
- Blanchard River near Dupont OH 1928 to 2026
- Ottawa River at Kalida OH 1930 to 1935
- Blanchard River at Cuba OH 2005 to 2007
- Blanchard River at Gilboa OH 2009 to 2026
- Blanchard River at Ottawa OH 2009 to 2026
- Riley Creek below Pandora OH 2009 to 2026
- Ottawa River near Kalida OH 2014 to 2026
The 1950 census, district by district
38 districtsWho lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
- 69-1Blanchard township: Gilboa village
- 69-2Blanchard township - That part outside Gilboa village
- 69-3Greensburg township
- 69-4Jackson township
- 69-5Jennings township: Fort Jennings village
- 69-6Jennings township - That part north of State Hwy. 189, outside Fort Jennings village
- 69-7Jennings township - That part south of State Hwy. 189, outside Fort Jennings village
- 69-8Liberty township: West Leipsic village
- 69-9Liberty township - That part east and south of State Hwy. 109, outside West Leipsic village
- 69-10Liberty township - That part west and north of State Hwy. 109
- 69-11Monroe township: Continental village: Continental village - That part north of New York Central and St. Louis Railroad
- 69-12Continental village - That part south of New York Central and St. Louis Railroad
- 69-13Monroe township - That part outside Continental village
- 69-14Monterey township: Ottoville village
- 69-15Monterey township - That part outside Ottoville village
- 69-16Ottawa township: Glandorf village
- 69-17Ottawa village: Ottawa village - That part east of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and north of U.S. Hwy. 224
- 69-18Ottawa village - That part west of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and north of U.S. Hwy. 224
- 69-19Ottawa village - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 224
- 69-20Ottawa township - That part outside Glandorf and Ottawa villages
- 69-21Palmer township: Miller City village
- 69-22Palmer township - That part outside Miller City village
- 69-23Perry township: Cloverdale village
- 69-24Dupont village
- 69-25Perry township - That part outside Cloverdale and Dupont villages
- 69-26Pleasant township: Columbus Grove village: Columbus Grove village - That part north and west of State Hwy. 12
- 69-27Columbus Grove village - That part south and east of State Hwy. 12
- 69-28Pleasant township - That part east of State Hwy. 65, outside Columbus Grove village
- 69-29Pleasant township - That part west of State Hwy. 65, outside Columbus Grove village
- 69-30Riley township: Pandora village
- 69-31Riley township - That part outside Pandora village
- 69-32Sugar Creek township
- 69-33Union township: Kalida village
- 69-34Union township - That part outside Kalida village
- 69-35Van Buren township: Belmore village
- 69-36Leipsic village: Leipsic village - That part east of Eastom
- 69-37Leipsic village - That part west of Eastom
- 69-38Van Buren township - That part outside Belmore and Leipsic villages
Businesses named in the atlases
36 businessesEvery Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 5 of these 36 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.
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Public School, (W. Leipsic)
School
1900 to 1916, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as Public School; Publie School.
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Public School, (W. Leipsic)
School
1901 to 1915, named in 3 atlases
Read elsewhere as Public School; Publie School.
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Public School, (W. Leipsic)
School
named once, in the 1901 atlas
Appears in 1901
Read elsewhere as Publie School.
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United Brethren Church
Church
named once, in the 1911 atlas
Appears in 1911
Read elsewhere as United Brethren Church,--. 1.
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First Presbyterian Church
Church
1900 to 1916, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Presbyterian Church.
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Pietner, O. L., Machine Shop
Machine Shop
1901 to 1908, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Pletner, O. L., Machine Shops.
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Wildfire, 2002
4 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 4 of them, burning about 3 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
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| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
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| 18 October 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 May 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1954 to 2026
60 of 287 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 287 reports for this county, causing 4 deaths, 5 injuries and about $11,572,700 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
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| Thunderstorm Wind | 159 |
| Hail | 88 |
| Tornado | 26 |
| Flash Flood | 8 |
| Flood | 5 |
| Dust Devil | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
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| November 2002 | Tornado (F3) | Continental | 2 killed | This tornado originated in Van Wert county and moved across Paulding county into Putnam county about 4 miles west southwest of Continental. NWS ground and aerial survey found F3 damage as the tornado entered Putnam county, striking a mobile home and killing a husband and wife. The tornado moved northeast across the northwest corner of Putnam county, quickly weakening to an F0 as it exited the county 4.5 miles north of Continental. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottawa | 1 killed, $10,000 | Numerous trees down including one that fell on a car causing a fatality. |
| March 2009 | Flood | Glandorf | 1 killed | Flood waters from the Blanchard River, near Glandorf, caused a truck to be swept off the road on Road 15, north of Road J. Investigators believe that the driver exited the truck attempting to escape the flood water and was swept away. The body of the 74 year old male was recovered about 900 yards from the truck a few days after flood waters receded. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF2) | Mandale | 2 hurt, $500,000 | A second tornado spun up north of the decaying Van Wert tornado, touching down in far southeast Paulding County. The tornado severely damaged a pole barn as it moved into Putnam county. The tornado rapidly moved northeast, hitting a well anchored mobile homed and flipping it 60 feet away. Three occupants were in the mobile home and two of them sustained minor injuries. It is here that the tornado peaked at an EF-2 with an estimated wind speed of 120 mph. The tornado destroyed another well-anchored 60x120 ft pole barn, throwing its debris onto the bank of the Auglaize River. To the northeast, it directly hit the town of Dupont where it did widespread EF-0 to EF-1 damage throughout. The tornado damaged several large corn silos (one that was full of corn had the ground anchor bolts break from uplift). It is near here where the visible damage stopped. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | 1 hurt, $250,000 | ONE MAN ENDED UP PARALYZED WHEN A LARGE TREE LIMB FELL ONTO HIS CAR. COUNTLESS LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. ONE HOUSE AND TWO BARNS WERE DESTROYED ON ROAD J-3 AND ROAD K. ANOTHER TWO STORY HOUSE COMPLETELY LOST ITS UPPER FLOOR. ANOTHER BARN ALONG ROAD 7-D AND X WAS FLATTENED WHILE THE LEPSIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ITS ROOF AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Continental | 1 hurt, $15,000 | A barn was blown down in the area. A RV was rolled over on a nearby road. The driver suffered minor injuries to a foot as a result of the upset. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Creek | 1 hurt | Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees and power lines down from North Creek to Leipsic. A mobile home was overturned on the south side of North Creek, with one person suffering minor injuries. |
| June 1978 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1971 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Glandorf | $1,200,000 | The tornado formed near Road 13I just south of Township Highway I and dissipated near the Firefox Lake Private Subdivision. As the tornado moved toward the Blanchard River it quickly widened to a peak width of 464 yards or just a little over a quarter of a mile. The tornado continued east before crossing the river again and quickly weakening. The most significant damage occurred along Township Highway I between Roads 13 and 13I. The tornado destroyed six outbuildings including pole barns and well built buildings constructed on a foundation. Over a half dozen homes were damaged with several sustaining major damage including the complete removal of roofs. A large amount of agricultural equipment and eleven vehicles were also damaged or destroyed with total monetary losses initially estimated at $1,200,000. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F3) | Ft Jennings | $1,000,000 | Tornado touched down in extreme southeast Van Wert county northwest of Delphos as an F0 and movednortheast into Putnam county southwest of Fort Jennings. F3 damage occurred 2 miles southwest of Ottawa in Putnam county with significant damage to well built homes and structures. The tornado was skipping across northeast Putnam county with F1-F2 damage before lifting just south of the Henry county line east of Belmore. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pandora | $580,000 | Emergency management reported straight line winds destroyed 3 gym walls and portion of an elementary school wall under construction in Pandora. Walls were cinder block. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Leipsic Jct | $500,000 | Law enforcement reported that numerous roads were closed due to flowing water from the heavy rains. In addition, the Blanchard River was rapidly rising and beginning to close off roads around the river. Damage estimates are for the flash flooding only and do not account for river flooding. |
| September 1994 | Hail | Continental | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Continental | $250,000 | EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURRED ACROSS THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN HALF. MANY COUNTY ROADS WERE WASHED OUT TO SOME DEGREE. |
| September 1990 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1978 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $100,000 | A local newspaper showed pictures of a second story wall of the two story Christies on the Square, built in the 1800s, being blown out with debris falling onto the street below, destroying two parked cars. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottoville | $100,000 | 60 MPH WIND GUSTS REPORTED ACROSS COUNTY. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND HOUSES. |
| March 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Ottawa Putnam Co Arp | $75,000 | A brief EF-0 land spout with winds estimated at 70 mph was confirmed near Leipsic, OH. Emergency manager and trained spotters confirmed tornado. Several photos and videos of the land spout along SR65. One home near the intersection of Road H5 and SR65 sustained damage to the roof and siding. An attached garage collapsed and debris was scattered to the northeast of the property. Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Continental | $70,000 | County EMA reported roof torn off of building and an old building destroyed by straight-line winds. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ft Jennings | $65,000 | Five telephone poles were damaged from strong winds, with two being snapped off in the Fort Jennings and Ottawaville area. A wood barn was blown down by the strong winds, with two nearby trees being uprooted. Damage is estimated at $15,000 for repair and replacement of the poles and $50,000 for the replacement of the barn. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kalida | $50,000 | Emergency manager reports of trees on houses. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pandora | $50,000 | A local newspaper reported a tree fell through a house near Pandora. In addition, the Bridenbaugh School house, north of Pandora, lost nearly half of its roof to the strong winds. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Pandora | $40,000 | Significant damage to a barn. Minor crop damage and six fruit trees blown down in same location. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Gilboa | $40,000 | BRICK HOME BADLY DAMAGED. ROOF TORN OFF AND LARGE CHUNKS OF BRICK CHIMNEY STREWN ABOUT YARD. TREE WAS FELLED ON CAMPER-TRAILER. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muntanna | $30,000 | Trees and power lines down over the roads in Ottoville and Kalida areas. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glandorf | $25,000 | The public reported a barn was blown off its foundation, with numerous trees being downed. Roof damage also occurred to some nearby buildings. Damage is estimated at $25,000. |
| September 1976 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1973 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1965 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1964 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottoville | $20,000 | Part of a barn was reported in the roadway on SR 66 south of Ottoville. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Continental | $20,000 | NWS storm survey showed winds estimated between 80 and 100 MPH occurred across northern Putnam county with damage to trees and a barn destroyed northwest of Continental. Minor damage was reported to a few homes. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $15,000 | A semi truck was blown over and several road signs were downed. |
| August 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Ft Jennings | $15,000 | A brief tornado occurred about three-quarters of a mile northwest of Fort Jennings at about 945 pm EDT. The tornado was on the ground for about 1 mile and traveled northeast, crossing County Road R and Ohio State Route 634. The tornado was about 75 yards wide at its broadest point. Damage observed by the survey team included roof and siding damage to several homes and garages. A pole barn received substantial damage and its metal doors were pushed inward, with a section of roof ripped off. Another barn was completely destroyed. Damage to structures is estimated at $15,000. Crop damage was noted with corn knocked down and soy bean fields scoured, estimated at $10,000. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines down across eastern Putnam County. 10 to 13 power lines down on CR 7 north of US 224. Trees blocking the road on CR 5. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pandora | $10,000 | Three trees were downed along with a few power poles. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $10,000 | Local law enforcement officials reported a few trees and power lines across parts of the county. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottoville | $10,000 | Trees and power lines were reported in Ottoville. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pandora | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | $10,000 | Large trees down. Metal roof blown off of a warehouse. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $10,000 | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. STATE ROUTE 65 WAS BLOCKED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS DUE TO FELLED TREES. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottawa | $10,000 | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE TOWN. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Ottawa | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall caused streets to flood. Also, Cranberry creek flooded a few homes. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Ottawa | $10,000 | Numerous roads closed due to persistent heavy rainfall. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $9,000 | Three power lines and a total of 9 power poles were knocked down. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottoville | $7,500 | Metal grain bin rolled and wrapped around a pole. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottawa | $5,000 | Emergency management officials reported a tent and a temporary wall blown down at the county fair. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic Jct | $5,000 | A tree fell down onto a power line in Leipsic. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Ottawa | $5,000 | Several hours of thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused many roads to be flooded. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottawa | $5,000 | Numerous large limbs downed. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $5,000 | Several roads flooded due to persistent heavy rainfall. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $5,000 | Wind gusts were measured at 61 mph. Several trees were downed. |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ottawa | $5,000 | Damage occurred to several outbuildings. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus Grove | $4,000 | A 38 foot 5th wheel trailer was rolled by the strong winds. Branches were also reported down in parts of the county. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloverdale | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
Mines and quarries
12 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 12 workings inside this county. 4 still produce and 8 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
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| Clay | 4 |
| Limestone, General | 3 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 3 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 2 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
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| Columbus Grove Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Columbus Grove Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ottawa Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ottawa Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Putnam Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Putnam Stone Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rimer Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rimer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Glandorf Tile Co Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Glandorf Tile Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Miller Brothers Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Miller Brothers Clay Works | Clay | Plant |
Collected here, 1860 to 1969
8 of 216 shownMuseum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 216 of them, by kingdom 207 animalia, 8 plantae, 1 fungi. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), USNM, CMN, CUMV, UMMZ, NYSM among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.
The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.
| Photograph | Year | Species | Kingdom | Where | Collector | Catalogue |
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 | 1860 | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | Animalia | Blanchard R. at Ottawa | unknown | CUMV 56372 |
 | 1878 | Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) | Animalia | not stated | not recorded | CMN CMNAV 59389 |
 | 1878 | Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animalia | not stated | Porter collection, J.B. | CMN CMNAV 60587 |
 | 1878 | Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) | Animalia | not stated | Porter collection, J.B. | CMN CMNAV 60576 |
 | 1878 | Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animalia | not stated | Porter collection, J.B. | CMN CMNAV 60666 |
 | 1878 | Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animalia | not stated | Porter, J.B. | CMN CMNAV 60343 |
 | 1878 | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animalia | not stated | Porter, J.B. | CMN CMNAV 59830 |
 | 1878 | Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | Animalia | not stated | Porter collection, J.B. | CMN CMNAV 60658 |
The townships, in 1915
20,233 wordsHistory of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 11 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
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| Blanchard Township | Gilboa | 1,552 words | 1 | |
| Greensburg Township | Avis, Croswell, Cuba, Dorninton | 687 words | 0 | |
| Jackson Township | Country Manor Estates, Douglas, Huntstown, Muntanna | 470 words | 0 | |
| Jennings Township | Fort Jennings, Rushmore | 813 words | 0 | |
| Liberty Township | Elm Center, Prentiss, Wards, West Leipsic | 909 words | 2 | |
| Monroe Township | Continental, Hartsburg, Hector, Rice, Wisterman | 902 words | 0 | |
| Monterey Township | Montana, Ottoville | 1,297 words | 3 | |
| Palmer Township | Kieferville, Miller City, North Creek | 1,103 words | 4 | |
| Perry Township | Cascade, Cloverdale, Dupont, Franconia | 1,613 words | 1 | |
| Pleasant Township | Columbus Grove | 1,728 words | 1 | |
| Riley Township | Pandora, Spring Lake Village | 9,159 words | 17 |
The county's history books
578,343 wordsOne book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 14 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions (1915)
| Chapter | Length |
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| Related State History | 19,164 words in 2 parts |
| Topography and Geology | 1,387 words |
| Chapter 3: Indians in Putnam County | 5,711 words |
| Chapter 4: Early Settlers of Putnam County^ 1824-1834 | 1,918 words |
| Chapter 5: County Organization | 2,540 words |
| Chapter 7: Highways and Transportation | 843 words |
| Chapter 8: Churches of Putnam County | 8,913 words |
| Chapter 9: Newspapers of Put-Nam County | 2,777 words |
| Chapter 10: Banks and Banking | 2,464 words |
| Secret Societies, Fraternities and Clubs | 4,153 words |
| Chapter 13: Courts and Lawyers | 1,279 words |
| Chapter 14: Public Schools of Putnam County | 4,256 words |
| Chapter 16: Sidelights on Putnam County History | 5,501 words |
| Biographical sketches | 517,437 words in 33 parts |
Every populated place in the county
50Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 4 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
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Columbus Grove
Pleasant township · 45830 · Columbus Grove quadrangle
13 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
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Continental
Monroe township · 45831 · Continental quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1986
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
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Leipsic
Van Buren township · 45856 · Leipsic quadrangle
9 sheets, 1956 to 1986
Fire insurance: 7 atlases
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Ottawa
Ottawa township · 45875 · On Tawa Run · Ottawa quadrangle
12 sheets, 1908 to 1986
Fire insurance: 6 atlases
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Cascade
Perry township · 45827 · On Blanchard River · Continental quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1986
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Clevengers
Union township · 45830 · On Sugar Creek · Kalida quadrangle
13 sheets, 1906 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Cloverdale
Perry township · 45827 · On Blanchard River · Continental quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1986
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Dorninton
Greensburg township · 45827 · On Deer Creek · Miller City quadrangle
11 sheets, 1908 to 1986
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Fort Jennings
Jennings township · 45844 · On Jennings Creek · Ottoville quadrangle
13 sheets, 1911 to 1986
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Franconia
Perry township · 45827 · On Blanchard River · Continental quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Green Acres Estates
Ottawa township · 45875 · On Tawa Run · Ottawa quadrangle
12 sheets, 1908 to 1986
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Huntstown
Jackson township · 45827 · Continental quadrangle
12 sheets, 1909 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Montana
Monterey township · 45827 · Ottoville quadrangle
13 sheets, 1911 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Oakdale
Van Buren township · 45856 · Deshler quadrangle
10 sheets, 1956 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Upper Tauwa
Ottawa township · 45875 · Ottawa quadrangle
12 sheets, 1908 to 1986
No longer a settlement
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Vaughnsville
Sugar Creek township · 45893 · On Rattlesnake Creek · Kalida quadrangle
13 sheets, 1906 to 1986
The vanished settlements of Putnam County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
Recorded here
Leipsic, Ohio
9 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1889 to 1939
Columbus Grove, Ohio
13 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1951
Ottawa, Ohio
12 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1931
Continental, Ohio
12 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1901 to 1928
Everything this county holds
The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.
Surveyed structures
1 structureNomination case files
7 case files- Bridenbaugh District No. 3 Schoolhouse
- Dr. H. Huber Block
- John Edwards House
- Leipsic City Hall
- Ottawa Waterworks Building
- Putnam County Courthouse
- St. John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church
The vanished settlements of Putnam County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.
- Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.