Auburn Center, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Auburn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44887. The Survey maps it on the Shelby quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 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
13 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.
- 1915 USGS Crestline quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Crestline quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Crestline quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the 1912 county history
30,163 words on this townshipThe county history of 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Auburn Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Auburn Township - 30,163 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 35 shownMuseums hold 35 specimens collected within 10 miles of Auburn Center between 1909 and 1970: 18 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by G. T. Jones, Jennings, O.E., Jennnings, O.E. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. | 1970 | Jones, G.T. | In moist deciduous woods west of North Auburn, Aubur Twp. |
![]() | Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl) Raf. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Euphorbia vermiculata Raf. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Galium concinnum Torr. & A.Gray | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Lactuca serriola L. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Polygonum pensylvanicum var. laevigatum Fernald | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Quercus bicolor Willd. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Quercus palustris Münchh. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
![]() | Ribes cynosbati L. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
| Sagittaria latifolia Willd. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth | |
| Scutellaria lateriflora L. | 1909 | Jennings, O.E. | 2-3 mi W of Plymouth |
All 35 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mechanicsburg | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Waynesburg | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| North Auburn | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tiro | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dekalb | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| West Liberty | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| New Washington | 6.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064354. 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.
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