Alamo Heights, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hanover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45013. It stands on Heitsmanns Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
15 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.
- 1915 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Hanover township, in the words of 1905.
Encouragement To Enlist
To every able-bodied man, l'rom the age of eighteen to forty-five years, who wishes to enlist in defense of the honor and independence of their country for the term of live wars, will be paid; and whenever be shall have served the -aid term, or obtained an honorable discharge stating the faithful performance of Ids duty while in service, he shall be paid three months' extra pay, and and in case he should be killed in action, or die in the service.
In the 1905 county history
446,593 words on this townshipThe county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hanover Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hanover Township - 446,593 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,866 shownMuseums hold 1,866 specimens collected within 10 miles of Alamo Heights between 1835 and 1975: 878 Animalia, 760 Fungi, 157 Plantae, 57 Protozoa, 13 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A. V. J.; W. G. S., A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Leptostromataceae | 1883 | Prof. W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Lancaster. |
![]() | Taphrina communis (Sadeb.) Giesenh. | 1888 | J. L. James | |
![]() | Carex careyana Torr. ex Dewey | 1835 | Collector unknown | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
| Carex convoluta Mack. | 1835 | Collector unspecified | "Miami" | |
![]() | Carex gracillima Schwein. | 1835 | B. Frank | In ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio. |
![]() | Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) | 1879 | W. Douglass | Jones Station |
![]() | Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1879 | Porter collection, J.B. | LOCNM: Jones |
![]() | Spiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Tringa flavipes (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1879 | Porter collection, J.B. | LOCNM: Jones |
![]() | Tringa solitaria A.Wilson, 1813 | 1879 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) | 1880 | Porter collection, J.B. | LOCNM: Jones Station |
All 1,866 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Alamo Heights: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Inc/ Hamilton, Ohio | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Aggregate Services Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| American Materials/ Hamilton, Ohio | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| New Miami Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| New Miami Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Watson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Watson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hanover (historical) | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Edgewood | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Queen Acres | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Carmen Place | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Highland Park | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lawn Park | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Millville | 2.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2353369. 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.

























