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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

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.

Alamo Heights within Butler County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Alamo Heights, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Alamo Heights, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 sheets

Matched 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Hanover township, in the words of 1905.

1905, Hanover Township

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.

Read the rest of this passage

In the 1905 county history

446,593 words on this township

The 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 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of LeptostromataceaeLeptostromataceae1883Prof. W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181883W. A. KellermanLancaster.
Specimen of Taphrina communis (Sadeb.) Giesenh.Taphrina communis (Sadeb.) Giesenh.1888J. L. James
A photograph of the species Carex careyana, not of this specimenCarex careyana Torr. ex Dewey1835Collector unknownIn ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio.
Carex convoluta Mack.1835Collector unspecified"Miami"
A photograph of the species Carex gracillima, not of this specimenCarex gracillima Schwein.1835B. FrankIn ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio.
A photograph of the species Calidris melanotos, not of this specimenCalidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)1879W. DouglassJones Station
A photograph of the species Mimus polyglottos, not of this specimenMimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758)1879Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones
A photograph of the species Spiza americana, not of this specimenSpiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Tringa flavipes, not of this specimenTringa flavipes (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones
A photograph of the species Tringa solitaria, not of this specimenTringa solitaria A.Wilson, 18131879Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Bartramia longicauda, not of this specimenBartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)1880Porter 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 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armco Inc/ Hamilton, OhioIronUnknown
Aggregate Services PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
American Materials/ Hamilton, OhioSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
New Miami PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
New Miami PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Watson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Watson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Butler County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Brookwood1.3 miles15
Hanover (historical)1.6 miles14
Edgewood1.8 miles15
Queen Acres1.8 miles14
Carmen Place2.0 miles15
Highland Park2.3 miles15
Lawn Park2.5 miles15
Millville2.6 miles14

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.