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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.

Auburn Center within Crawford County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Auburn Center, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Auburn Center, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1912 county history

30,163 words on this township

The 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 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1970Jones, G.T.In moist deciduous woods west of North Auburn, Aubur Twp.
A photograph of the species Agalinis tenuifolia, not of this specimenAgalinis tenuifolia (Vahl) Raf.1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Arisaema dracontium, not of this specimenArisaema dracontium (L.) Schott1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Euphorbia vermiculata, not of this specimenEuphorbia vermiculata Raf.1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Galium concinnum, not of this specimenGalium concinnum Torr. & A.Gray1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Lactuca serriola, not of this specimenLactuca serriola L.1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Polygonum pensylvanicum, not of this specimenPolygonum pensylvanicum var. laevigatum Fernald1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Quercus bicolor, not of this specimenQuercus bicolor Willd.1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Quercus palustris, not of this specimenQuercus palustris Münchh.1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
A photograph of the species Ribes cynosbati, not of this specimenRibes cynosbati L.1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.1909Jennings, O.E.2-3 mi W of Plymouth
Scutellaria lateriflora L.1909Jennings, 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Gardner2.5 miles13
Mechanicsburg2.6 miles11
Waynesburg2.8 miles11
North Auburn3.0 miles11
Tiro3.1 miles11
Dekalb3.9 miles11
West Liberty6.0 miles13
New Washington6.0 miles11

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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