BlockAtlanta, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43145. The Survey maps it on the Clarksburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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
9 surveys from 13 printed 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.
- 1911 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
2,832 words on this townshipHISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Perry Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
L. W. Miller, George Aten, H. E. Wright and T. L. Haas, the present incumbent. The present combined membership of this church and the Atlanta M. E. Church is 355. The New Holland church has a flourishing Sundayschool, with an average attendance of 81, of which Seymour Thomas is superintendent. Dublin Hill M. E. Church. - A class of Protestant Methodists was formed at this point in 1858, but after a few years the church was discontinued. Sixteen years later, Rev. John L. Reeder, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, founded a class, which has flourished to the present time. In 1878, the present brick church edifice located in the northeastern part of the township, was built at a cost of $1,600, being dedicated on January 15, 1879, by Rey. I, F. King, of Columbus. The church has a membership of 35. The Sunday-school, which was formed at the establishment of the church, has a membership of 50. Elmer Shaeffer is superintendent. The present pastor of this charge is Rev. W. B. Rose, of New Holland. The Atlanta M. E. Church is the most recently organized church of this denomination in Perry township. It is a charge of the New Holland Circuit. A frame church building was erected in 1896 at a cost of $3,500. Jesse Riggin is superintendent of the Sundayschool, which has an average attendance of
Passage source: HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS, published 1906.
Not much is know in regard to who taught the first school in the township or where the school was located. As early as 1818, Andrew Bascom taught a term of school at or near the Locust Grove M. E. Church, in the little log building standing on the land later owned by Joseph Porter. This school was quite well attended. Soon after this William Clark taught a school term in the same building. A school in New Holland village was taught by Rev. Francis A. Wilson as early as 1828. The township outside of New Holland Special School District now has eight schools. All the schoolhouses are brick structures roofed with slate and are in very good condition. District No. 3, with school located at Atlanta, and District No. 8 have new buildings erected in 1904. The school at Atlanta is in charge of Prof. Otis Ganes, and has a high school department, in addition to the grammar and primary departments. The enumeration of pupils in -the eight districts of the township is 280. At the election held in the fall of 1904, the 'first election after the adoption of the new code; the following were elected members of the township Board of Education: George A. Brown, Charles Grimes and G. L. Jennings - four years; W. C. Crawford and E. A. Riggin - two years. W. H.: Skinner is clerk.
Passage source: HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS, published 1906.
New Holland also has a Knights of Pythias lodge, John A.' Logan, No. 518, organized many years ago, and a camp of Modern Woodmen of America, which was instituted in April, 1899. An Odd Fellows lodge flourished here for a time, as well as various temperance societies. Both New Holland and Atlanta have organizations of the W. C. T. U.
Passage source: HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO AND REPERESENTATIVE CITIZENS, published 1906.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Perry Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Photographs
2 photographs, 1938 to 1939Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Rothstein, Arthur, 1939. Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur, 1938. Library of Congress
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 672 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 672 specimens collected within 10 miles of Atlanta between 1898 and 1975: 658 Animalia, 14 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande, Abbott, R; and others, Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Berosus peregrinus (Herbst, 1797) | 1898 | Scott O'Dee | |
 | Stenelmis sexlineata Sanderson, 1938 | 1898 | Scott O'Dee | |
 | Davainea Blanchard, 1891 | 1912 | D. Mote | Williamsport |
| Heterakidae | 1912 | D. Mote | Williamsport | |
 | Hymenolepis Weinland, 1858 | 1912 | D. Mote | Williamsport |
 | Etheostoma camurum (Cope, 1870) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Deer Creek, within Ross Co, Ross County, township n/a |
 | Moxostoma breviceps (Cope, 1870) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Deer Creek, close to Pennyroyal Road, 5 miles S of Yellowbud OH, Union Township |
 | Aesculus glabra var. glabra | 1931 | Leslie Pontus; Floyd Bartley | Jackson Township |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1946 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Deer Creek, near Westfall Rd, east of Clarksburg OH, Deerfield Township |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1946 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Deer Creek, near Westfall Rd, east of Clarksburg OH, Deerfield Township |
 | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1946 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Deer Creek, near Westfall Rd, east of Clarksburg OH, Deerfield Township |
 | Erimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856) | 1946 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Deer Creek, near Westfall Rd, east of Clarksburg OH, Deerfield Township |
All 672 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Atlanta: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.H. Brewer Plant Number 8 Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Blazer Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Plant A-4 & Quarry Blazer Mat'Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atlanta in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | $2,000 | Two trees were knocked down just south of Atlanta on Highway 207. |
| October 2016 | Flood | Atlanta | - | Water was reported over Locust Grove Road between U.S. 22 and Ohio Route 207 near Williiamsport. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atlanta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kozy Corners | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| New Holland | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Williamsport | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Woodlyn | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Crownover Mill | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Grange Hall | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kinderhook | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pherson | 7.5 miles | 13 |
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 Atlanta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133499 | 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 1064351. 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.