58 topographic sheets and 24 fire insurance atlases across 4 places.
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9 National Register listings · 35 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1887 to 1922 · the 1917 county history tells 2 stories and names 45 people · people the book names include Hon. George F. Aldrich (Sandusky Township, 1896) · Anderson, A. C., 278, 635 (Madison Township, 1909) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
A captivity, a drowning, a famine, a man scalped clearing his lot in 1789. These are passages from A History of Northwest Ohio: a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie, Down to the Present Time, written while people who remembered the events were still alive, and each one opens the section it comes from.
son, was born in Pennsylvania in 1789. Her mother was a Miss Bo3'd, member of a family who settled in an early day among the Indians at Carlisle, Penn. During the French and Indian wars the entire family was captured save the father, who at the time was absent from home. In a neighboring schoolhouse the teacher and all the pupils were massacred.
On December 31, 1888, Mr. Mugg was married to Miss Maggie Matthews, a daughter of Eugene and Viola (Harrison) Matthews. The father of Mrs. Mugg was born at Seneca Falls, New York, and from there entered the Federal army at the time of the Civil War. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and was also made a prisoner by the Confederates, but was subsequently paroled at Beaufort, South Carolina.
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.
Every 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bartlett, Joseph and Rachel, House | building | 1990 | 90000388 |
 | Buckland, Ralph P., House | building | 1974 | 74001620 |
 | Cronenwett, Georg, House | building | 1978 | 78002184 |
 | Fabing, Frederick, House | building | 1983 | 83002054 |
 | Layman, Christopher C., Law Office | building | 1986 | 86001062 |
 | McPherson, Maj. Gen. James B., House | building | 1974 | 74001619 |
 | Mull Covered Bridge | structure | 1974 | 74001618 |
 | Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's House | building | 1997 | 97000198 |
 | St. Paul's Episcopal Church | building | 1977 | 77001085 |
Sandusky County holds 1 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.
| Mull Covered Bridge | Listed 1974, 0 map sheets show this crossing |
Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio], 1853 to 1866. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, 1850 to 1853. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, 1867 to 1877. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Fremont, Ohio, 1861 to 1861. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Fremont [Ohio], 1849 to 1850. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 4 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
Flown 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. 709 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), 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.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
Who 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.
Every 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. 2 of these 35 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.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 15 of them, burning about 16 acres. 0 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge | BURMIESTER FIRE |
| 18 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 January 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 November 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 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.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 366 reports for this county, causing 0 deaths, 29 injuries and about $46,987,400 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 220 |
| Hail | 106 |
| Tornado | 13 |
| Flash Flood | 12 |
| Flood | 8 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 4 |
| Lightning | 1 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
| Winter Weather | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1977 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 18 hurt, $25,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 1992 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 3 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Winter Weather | Countywide | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| May 1986 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lindsey | 1 hurt, $350,000 | Showers moved across Sandusky County during the evening hours. Although no lightning or thunder was reported, the showers were intense enough to cause significant damage in the county. Winds were estimated to be well in excess of 50 mph. Two semi trucks were blown over on the Ohio Turnpike just north of Lindsey. One of the truck drivers sustained injuries serious enough to require hospitalization. In Lindsey, the roof of a large building was blown off and several homes nearby were also damaged by the strong winds. Many trees were downed in and around Lindsey. A 40 by 60 foot barn located six miles west of Fremont was destroyed. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | 1 hurt, $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | 1 hurt, $20,000 | Structural damage occurred at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds in Fremont. Three buildings had metal siding damaged. One of these buildings had its large metal door blown-in and half of its roof torn off. A barricade was blown into a car and injured the driver. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibsonburg | $3,400,000 | A line of thunderstorms producing winds in excess of 70 mph raced east across Seneca County causing significant damage. Thousands of trees and limbs were downed across the county and large swaths of corn were flattened in fields. Nearly every community in the county sustained damage and hundreds of homes and buildings were damaged. Over two dozen farm buildings were leveled in the county. The Bellevue area was especially hard hit with damage reported on nearly every street. At least a half dozen homes in the city were heavily damaged by fallen trees and dozens of others sustained lesser damage, mainly from lost roofing or siding. Businesses on Main Street had windows blown out and nearly the entire town lost power for an extended period. It took almost five days for power to be fully restored. Houses were also heavily damaged by fallen trees in Fremont and Clyde. Many vehicles were damaged as well. Scattered damage was also observed in the rural portions of the county. Power outages affecting traffic signals and roads closed by downed trees severely hampered travel in the county after this storm. At least four people had to rescued after they became stranded in their vehicles by downed power lines. U.S Route 20 was closed in several locations. Clean up costs from this storm were substantial. Ten townships, four villages and two cities applied for nearly $1 million in disaster relief. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $3,300,000 | Thunderstorms dumped torrential rains on Sandusky County during the evening hours of June 21st and early morning hours of the 22nd. Rainfall rates with the stronger storms approached three inches per hour. Rainfall totals for the event include: 7.5 inches in northeastern Townsend Township; 5.0 inches at Woodville; 4.5 inches north of Fremont; 4 inches in Clyde and 3.5 inches in Lindsey. Widespread flash flooding occurred in the county as a result of this heavy rain. Flooding was reported in Fremont with many streets flooded with 2 to 3 feet of water. Residents of an apartment complex in Fremont were evacuated after flooding occurred on the ground floor of their building. A YMCA building nearby was also heavily damaged. Thirty homes along Clinton Street were damaged by flooding. Dozens of other homes and businesses were damaged in Fremont by basement or nuisance flooding. Flooding was also bad in the portion of Bellevue in Sandusky County. Homes along Attwood Terrace were flooded and residents began evacuating around 1 a.m. on the 22nd. Over a dozen vehicles were stranded by flooding in Bellevue alone. Extensive flooding was also reported in Woodville, Clyde and in Riley and Townsend Townships. Many roads had to be closed because of flooding. Damage to roads occurred at several locations in the county. Local officials stated that this flooding was the worst seen in the county since July 4th, 1969. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Countywide | $2,500,000 | Flooding continued in Sandusky County well after the heavy rains that caused flash flooding early on June 22nd ended. Runoff from the heavy rains caused rapid rises in all of the streams and rivers in the county on June 22nd. Both the Sandusky and Portage Rivers went into flood damaging many homes and businesses. Several homes along Riverview Avenue in Woodville were damaged. Homes in Fremont also experienced flooding. However, perhaps the hardest hit part of the county was northern Townsend Township where 7.5 inches of rain fell. Flooding along Pickerel Creek was significant and two adults and a child had to be rescued from their car along U.S. Highway 6 near the creek around noon on the 22nd. Homes in Whites Landing had as much as three feet of water on their ground floors. Significant damage occured to roads, bridges and culverts in the county. Twenty roads remained closed in the county as late as daybreak on on the 23rd. Crop losses are expected to be significant as standing water covered much of the county. Flooding in Sandusky County during this event was the worst since July 4th, 1969. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $2,000,000 | Large trees, branches and power lines were downed, some on houses and vehicles. A silo was blown onto a house in Vickery, four semi trucks were blown over at Clyde and three barn roofs were blown off in Townsend Township. Straight line winds downed trees and took the roof off of a house in Fremont. |
| November 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Fremont | $1,300,000 | A tornado touched down just northwest of Fremont near the intersection of Shade Road and Four Mile House Road. A house was heavily damaged and a motor home destroyed near this location. From the initial touchdown site, the tornado traveled northeast for around three and a half miles and then dissipated east of State Route 19 just to the south of the Ohio Turnpike. A second home was heavily damaged near Booktown Road at State Route 19. Elsewhere along the damage path, a few homes sustained minor damage and seven barns were leveled. One of the barns contained a collection of antique cars which were destroyed. Many trees and power poles were also downed along the damage path which was generally no more than 50 yards in width. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Slager Arpt | $1,250,000 | Slow moving training thunderstorms developed across central and eastern portions of Sandusky County between 330pm and 5pm local time. Torrential rainfall of up to 4.5 inches in two hours caused widespread flash flooding in Fremont. Flooding was reported in both the Sheriff Department and Health Department buildings. Many commercial and residential basements in Fremont flooded. High water stranded cars on roadways throughout town, including portions of US Route 20 and State Route 53. Flash Flooding was also reported along Muskellunge Creek just west of Fremont. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Bellevue | $1,000,000 | The heaviest rain on the 20th occurred over the city of Bellevue where a measured 3.29 inches fell, most of which fell between 1 PM and 3 PM. Rainfall rates were measured up to 3 inches per hour during the peak of the storm around 145 PM. Nearly two dozen homes were flooded, primarily in their basements. Route 20 by the underpass and by Bassetts, Walter Street, Euclid, Buckeye and Castalia Road, and Route 269 by the high school were hardest hit areas. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bellevue | $1,000,000 | A supercell thunderstorm tracked across Sandusky County and produced a large swath of hail, ranging in size from quarters to baseballs (2.75 inch diameter). The destructive hail resulted in a significant amount of car insurance and home insurance claims. Dealerships around the area reported substantial vehicle damage. The damaging hail also caused a large amount of crop damage. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and a few power poles across the county. A 60 mph wind gust was measured seven miles west of Fremont. A nearby radio tower was damaged. A 64 foot long pole barn was blown down just south of Gibsonburg. A nearby motor home was rolled over and a semi truck was blown over on U.S. Highway 6 also near Gibsonburg. To the east of Gibsonburg, a barn roof was damaged. In Helena, a home and adjacent barn lost large sections of roof. |
| April 1998 | Storm Surge/Tide | Whites Lndg | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | $350,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Bellevue | $250,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down on the southwest edge of Bellevue just north of the intersection of Flat Rock Road and Kilbourne Street. The tornado continued east northeast for just over three quarters of a mile and lifted near the intersection of Gardner and Kilbourne Streets. The tornado may have been at tree top level because most of the damage was confined to trees and rooftops. Many homes sustained minor damage, mainly from lost roofing and siding. One house did lose the fencing on a second story porch and another home had the door on an attached garage blown in. Several homes also sustained significant damage from fallen trees. Evidence of downburst winds was observed throughout Bellevue so some of this damage was likely from a combination of tornadic and straight line winds. |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Vickery Warner Arpt | $200,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down in rural Townsend Township near the intersection of Fuller Road and Copp Road. The tornado continued northeast and damaged three homes as it crossed State Route 412. One home had a bedroom destroyed and lost a large section of roofing. Two other homes in the area sustained significant roof damage. The tornado weakened to EF0 and then lifted as it reached Rockwell Road south of Thorpe Drive. This tornado was on the ground for just over a mile and a quarter and had a path up to 50 yards in width. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $200,000 | Thunderstorm winds of greater that 60 mph downed over 30 utility poles along U.S. Route 23 in western Sandusky County. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $200,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were downed, especially in the area of Bellevue. Some trees were downed on structures and automobiles. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Fremont | $150,000 | Reports of impassable roadway flooding in and just north of Fremont, including flowing water over County Road 73 between Oak Harbor Road and Fangboner Road. Community building in the northern portion of Fremont experienced up to 5 feet of water in the basement of the building. Radar estimated rainfall of 3.25 to 4 inches fell in a 3 to 4 hour period, much of which fell in an initial 45 to 60 minute period, when 1.5 to 2 inches of rain fell in the hour leading up to the flash flood event. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $150,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Sandusky County during the early morning hours causing widespread damage and scattered power outages. A 60 mph gust was measured at Woodville at 4:10 a.m. Dozens of trees were downed across the county. At least a few vehicles were damaged by fallen trees and flying debris. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Fremont | $120,000 | Torrential rain with fell on July 10th over mainly southern portions of Sandusky County with radar estimates around 3 inches fell in 1.5 hours. Widespread rapidly developing flooding occurred. Bellevue Police reported most of the town was flooded with several cars stuck in the water. State RT 105, U.S. 6 between U.S. 23 and State Rt. 53, Route 53 near the Ohio Turnpike, and State Rt. 19 near County Road 213 were closed from the flooding. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $120,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibsonburg | $100,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts snapped twelve utility poles southeast of Gibsonburg along Shade Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gibsonburg | $100,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts snapped twelve utility poles southeast of Gibsonburg along Shade Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $100,000 | A thunderstorm downburst with winds estimated at 70 mph caused considerable damage in Fremont. Dozens of trees were downed in the city. A few homes sustained roof damage from fallen trees. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellevue | $100,000 | A thunderstorm downburst caused considerable damage in Bellevue. Dozens of trees were toppled by winds estimated to be at least 75 mph. A damage path around a mile long was observed in both the Sandusky and Huron County portions of the city. A few houses and vehicles were damaged by downed trees and limbs. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellevue | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in Bellvue. Dozens of other trees were downed across the county line in Huron County. Several buildings and vehicles sustained minor damage. |
| March 1998 | Storm Surge/Tide | Kingsway | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $90,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Helena | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds overturned a semi truck. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped 21 power poles near Woodville. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $75,000 | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Flood | Ballville | $50,000 | Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to a rapid runoff and flooded roads across Sandusky County. An average of two inches of rainfall fell on top of six to ten inches of heavy snow was on the ground. This snow rapidly melted as temperatures warmed into the 50s on the 28th. Up to an additional inch of water equivalent rainfall was released from the melted snow. Several people had be rescued from vehicles as the water came up. Some homes south and north of Fremont experienced basement flooding. Roads that were closed because of flooding from rivers and creeks include OH 19 between Fremont and Oak Harbor, OH 105, US 23, OH 5282. Local roads included South River Road, Haynes Street, and Fulton Streets. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Fremont | $50,000 | Penny to golf ball size hail was observed. Some vehicles sustained minor damage from the larger hail. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Gibsonburg | $50,000 | Heavy rain fell across the area during the morning hours of the 20th. Rainfall reports indicate that between 2.0 and 4.0 inches of rain fell during the morning hours, and rainfall rates during this time approached 2.0 inches per hour in Gibsonburg. By late morning, an underpass was closed in Bellevue. The rain tapered off during the afternoon hours of the 20th, but runoff from the heavy rain continued. The heavy runoff quickly swamped streams and rivers across the area. As a result, water gradually backed up causing flooding conditions across the county. Many roads became flooded, and remained that way through the overnight hours into the 21st. The water slowly receded through the day on the 21st. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs in Fremont and one tree in Clyde. A barn was heavily damaged to the south of Fremont. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $50,000 | Trees, power poles and power lines were downed, especially in the Fremont area. |
| March 1997 | Storm Surge/Tide | Erie Lakeshore | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Fremont | $40,000 | Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported. A few vehicles were damaged. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the county. A fallen tree did significant damage to the roof of a house in Fremont. Another tree crushed a car in Fremont. A second car was damaged by a large limb in Clyde. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slager Arpt | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a high tension transmission tower along U.S. Route 20 between Clyde and Fremont. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. A home was damaged by a fallen tree. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $35,000 | Several power poles blown down across Highway 6. A tree was blown down on the roof of a house. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hessville | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree and flattened a shed along County Road 90 east of Gibsonburg. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | $30,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds caused damage in Clyde. A few trees and large limbs were knocked down. At least one home lost some shingles. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $30,000 | Numerous trees, a few utility poles, and wires were reported down in the area. One tree fell onto a house, but the extent of the damage to the home was not known. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked over an 18 wheel trailer truck just west of Woodville on U.S. Route 20. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a small barn and damaged a small building approximately 10 miles northeast of Fremont. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $30,000 | Trees and power lines were downed, some on vehicles. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $30,000 | Large limbs and power lines were downed. Trees and large branches were also downed approximately 15 miles northwest of Fremont in Woodville. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Woodville | $25,000 | Hail as large as golf balls was reported. Some vehicles were damaged. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fremont | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two utility poles. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Ballville | $25,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down in rural Sandusky County just southeast of Fremont. The initial touchdown was just north of the intersection of Buchanan and McGormley Roads. The tornado then traveled northeast across open land for just over four and a half miles before lifting near the intersection of Beeler and Flora Roads. Many trees were downed along the damage path which was intermittent and no more than 50 yards in width. A few barns and outbuildings along the damage path sustained minor damage. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gibsonburg | $25,000 | Quarter to walnut sized hail was reported. A few vehicles were damaged. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clyde | $25,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated at 60 mph caused damage at a commercial property north of Clyde. A small mobile home was blown off it's foundation. Glass in nearby windows was also broken. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 19 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 11 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 8 |
| Calcium | 6 |
| Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kline Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kline Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bellevue Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gottron Brothers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Woodville Lime & Chemical Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gibonsburg Plant Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Je Baker/ Millersville, Ohio | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta Refractories Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Ohio Lime Company Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Ohio Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Bellevue Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gottron Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| J E Baker Co Ohio Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta Refractories Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ohio Lime Co Woodville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Woodville Lime and Chemical Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 1,816 of them, by kingdom 1,693 animalia, 90 plantae, 30 fungi, 3 chromista. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), USNM, CUMV, CM, BPI 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1825 | Hygroamblystegium tenax (Hedw.) Jenn. | Plantae | Banks of the Portage River | T. Drummond | F C1068541F |
 | 1865 | Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) | Animalia | Winous Pt., Bay Twp, Ottawa, Ohio, USA | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 10592 |
 | 1880 | Adiantum pedatum L. | Plantae | Fremont. | Keeler, L.E. | MU 000109955 |
 | 1880 | Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | Animalia | Sandusky, Ohio, USA | not recorded | Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 311 |
 | 1881 | Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 | Animalia | Sandusky, Ohio, USA | not recorded | Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) OSUM Birds B 215 |
 | 1889 | Carex frankii Kunth | Plantae | Green Spring. | H. C. Beardslee | NY 2276987 |
 | 1890 | Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott | Plantae | Green Springs | H. C. Beardslee Sr. | F V0462483F |
| 1890 | Carex haleana Olney | Plantae | Green Spring | H. C. Beardslee Jr. | NY 2279473 |
A History of Northwest Ohio: a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie, Down to the Present Time devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont City | Fremont, Golden Gate Estates, Great Lakes Village, Stony Prairie, Young's Colonial Acres | 15,834 words | 20 | |
| Madison Township | Gibsonburg | 313,105 words | 95 | |
| Sandusky Township | Booktown, Fourmile House Corner, Muncie Hollow, Schlegels Grove, Shannon | 898,370 words | 66 |
Everyone A History of Northwest Ohio: a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie, Down to the Present Time stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1917.
Named 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 watercourse or landform it stands on 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.
Clyde city · 43410 · On Sucker Run Creek · Clyde quadrangle
16 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Fremont city · 43420 · On Bradys Island · Fremont East quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Fire insurance: 9 atlases
Madison township · 43431 · Elmore quadrangle
12 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Ballville township · 43420 · On Minnow Creek · Fremont West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Sandusky township · 43420 · On Muskellunge Creek · Wightmans Grove quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Sandusky township · 43420 · On Ruhl Ridge · Fremont West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Woodville township · 43469 · Elmore quadrangle
12 sheets, 1901 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Scott township · 43435 · On South Branch Muddy Creek · Helena quadrangle
12 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Fremont city · 43420 · On Bradys Island · Fremont West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Fremont city · 43420 · On Little Bark Creek · Fremont East quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Green Springs village · 44836 · On Flag Run · Fremont East quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Sandusky township · 43420 · On Muskellunge Creek · Wightmans Grove quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Sandusky township · 43420 · On Muskellunge Creek · Wightmans Grove quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Sandusky township · 43420 · On Bark Creek · Wightmans Grove quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Rice township · 43420 · On Muskellunge Creek · Wightmans Grove quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Scott township · 44841 · On North Branch Muddy Creek · Helena quadrangle
12 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Fremont city · 43420 · On Ruhl Ridge · Fremont West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Townsend township · 43464 · Castalia quadrangle
16 sheets, 1901 to 1986
No longer a settlement
Woodville township · 43469 · Pemberville quadrangle
12 sheets, 1901 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Riley township · 43420 · On Bark Creek · Wightmans Grove quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Woodville township · 43469 · On Victoria Creek · Elmore quadrangle
12 sheets, 1901 to 1986
Fremont city · 43420 · On Bradys Island · Fremont West quadrangle
13 sheets, 1901 to 1986
13 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1961
16 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1948
12 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1902 to 1949
0 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1930 to 1930
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.
The vanished settlements of Sandusky County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
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