Abanaka, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Willshire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45874. The Survey maps it on the Glenmore quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1914 USGS Van Wert quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Van Wert quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Glenmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Glenmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 121 shownMuseums hold 121 specimens collected within 10 miles of Abanaka between 1837 and 1970: 112 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Bonnewitz L. R.; Stevenson J. A., Bonnewitz Lee R. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Argia tibialis (Rambur, 1842) | 1942 | H. Price | St. Mary's River |
![]() | Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890 | 1942 | H. Price | St. Mary's River |
![]() | Geranium maculatum L. | 1837 | Frank | Van Wert Co., Ohio |
![]() | Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. | 1850 | not recorded | Ohio City. |
![]() | Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams, 1824) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Marys River, Rockford, Ohio |
![]() | Albugo platensis (Speg.) Swingle | 1921 | Stevenson, John A. | Van Wert |
| Cladosporium paeoniae Pass. | 1921 | Stevenson John A. | Van Wert | |
![]() | Puccinia iridis Wallr. | 1921 | Stevenson J. A. | Van Wert |
![]() | Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | 1922 | Price, H. (Homer) | Van Wert, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dendrocopos pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1922 | Price, H. (Homer) | near Paulding Co line, Blue Creek Banks, Van Wert, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1922 | not recorded | No specific locality recorded. |
![]() | Bubo virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1926 | Price, H. (Homer) | Van Wert, Ohio, USA |
All 121 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Abanaka: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rockford Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schumm | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Dull | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Glenmore | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ohio City | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wren | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Willshire | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Middlebury | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Shasta (historical) | 6.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Abanaka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21857046 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048447. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.























