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.
Then and now
1914 to 1986The 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.


Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1914 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Antwerp quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Antwerp quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
In the 1920 county history
16,022 words on this townshipThe 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 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840) | 1943 | H. Price | Paulding Township, Baily gravel pit |
![]() | Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862 | 1943 | H. Price | Klinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Notropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Notropis ariommus (Cope, 1867) | 1893 | Kirsch, P. (Philip) | Maumee River, 2.5 mi above Antwerp, ~3.2 mi W of Antwerp, Carryall township |
![]() | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1909 | Collector(s): Harold H. Bailey | Payne |
![]() | Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1910 | Price, H. (Homer) | Paulding, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1912 | Price, H. (Homer) | Paulding, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1915 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Passerherbulus henslowii (Audubon, 1829) | 1915 | Price, 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 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Portland Inc Peninsular Div | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Paulding Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Paulding Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulding | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Briceton | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Latty | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Worstville | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Knoxdale | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Dague | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Reids (historical) | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cecil | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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.























