Academia, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Morris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43050. It stands on Curtis Run. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 54 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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.
- 1912 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
In the 1862 county history
12,223 words on this townshipThe county history of 1862 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Morris Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Morris Township - 12,223 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 526 shownMuseums hold 526 specimens collected within 10 miles of Academia between 1837 and 1975: 463 Animalia, 37 Fungi, 25 Plantae, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hall, A. P. Morgan, Andriessen, H. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Fusicladium Bonord. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | |
![]() | Nummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Cooke | 1883 | Dr. W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Pestalotia De Not., 1841 | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | No locality on label |
![]() | Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1837 | Müller | Ohio |
![]() | Pooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1863 | Turati (comte), Ercole | |
![]() | Delphinium exaltatum Aiton | 1877 | E Sheets | |
![]() | Hydrastis canadensis L. | 1877 | E Sheets | |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1877 | not recorded | unspecified |
![]() | Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1879 | Willard L. Maris | |
![]() | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Lobelia inflata L. | 1881 | Andriessen, H. | near Fredericktown, OH |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | Kellerman |
All 526 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Academia: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Goodwin Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Purdy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Purdy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2013The National Weather Service names Academia in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Academia | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees on the northern side of Mt. Vernon. Scattered power outages were also reported in the area. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Academia | $1,000 | County officials reported trees down on Liberty Rd north of Mount Vernon. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Mount Vernon | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fleaville (historical) | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Clinton (historical) | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Vernon | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Buckingham Court | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Vaughan Court | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| South Mount Vernon | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Knox | 4.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064292. 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.
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.
























