Amlin, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43016. The Survey maps it on the Hilliard quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 91 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
16 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.
- 1901 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
In the 1858 county history
333 words on this townshipThe county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 333 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,625 shownMuseums hold 1,625 specimens collected within 10 miles of Amlin between 1804 and 1975: 1,566 Animalia, 32 Plantae, 22 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. J. P., A. Spreitzer, A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana | 1804 | Dr. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1805 | J. R. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Carex comosa Boott | 1809 | Collector unknown | Worthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1840 | Collector unspecified | "4 miles west of Columbus" |
![]() | Serpoleskea confervoides (Brid.) Loeske | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | 6 miles above Columbus |
![]() | Polioptila caerulea caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1875 | Muriealin, J | Flint? |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1877 | P.N. Wheaton | Columbus |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | United States Bureau of Fisheries, R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Ohio, Scioto River, Franklin County |
![]() | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Olentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1897 | not recorded | Olentangy River, Franklin County, Franklin County, township n/a |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Olentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) & Williamson, E. B. | Olentangy River, within Franklin Co, Franklin County, township n/a |
All 1,625 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 Amlin: 2 past producers. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darby Number 220 Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Darby Number 220 Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2020The National Weather Service names Amlin in 1 storm report between 2020 and 2020: 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Lightning | Amlin | $1,000 | Lightning hit a structure at the intersection of Cosgray and Hayden Roads in Hilliard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Corners | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hayden | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ashleigh Village | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hayden Run Village | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Estates At Hoffman Farms | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Avery Estates | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lamb Corners | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hilliard Run | 2.4 miles | 16 |
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 Amlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4747073 | 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 1064322. 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.



























