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

Arena, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Paulding Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45879. It stands on Big Run. The Survey maps it on the Antwerp quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Arena within Paulding County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Arena (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Arena (historical), surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

In the 1920 county history

16,022 words on this township

The county history of 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Paulding Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Paulding Township - 16,022 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,248 shown

Museums hold 1,248 specimens collected within 10 miles of Arena (historical) between 1888 and 1973: 1,248 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., C L CLARK FROM HOMER PRICE, CLARENCE CLARK 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 Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)1943H. PricePaulding Township, Baily gravel pit
Specimen of Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 18621943H. PriceKlinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis spilopterus, not of this specimenNotropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis ariommus, not of this specimenNotropis ariommus (Cope, 1867)1893Kirsch, P. (Philip)Maumee River, 2.5 mi above Antwerp, ~3.2 mi W of Antwerp, Carryall township
A photograph of the species Tyrannus tyrannus, not of this specimenTyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)1909Collector(s): Harold H. BaileyPayne
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1910Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1912Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Geothlypis trichas, not of this specimenGeothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Passerherbulus henslowii, not of this specimenPasserherbulus henslowii (Audubon, 1829)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio

All 1,248 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Arena (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
General Portland Inc Peninsular DivClay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, MagnesiteProducer
Paulding QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Paulding Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Paulding2.7 miles13
Briceton3.5 miles12
Latty4.0 miles12
Worstville4.2 miles12
Knoxdale4.9 miles12
Dague5.7 miles12
Reids (historical)5.8 miles13
Cecil6.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1074234. 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.