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

Barnes Corners, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Huntsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44062. The Survey maps it on the East Claridon quadrangle.

Barnes Corners within Geauga County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barnes Corners, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Barnes Corners, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

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 1880 county history

12,305 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Huntsburg Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Huntsburg Township - 12,305 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 692 shown

Museums hold 692 specimens collected within 10 miles of Barnes Corners between 1887 and 1975: 584 Animalia, 101 Plantae, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, A. N. Rood, A.E. Daugherty 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 Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)1891Fred Haggart
Specimen of Medeola virginiana L.Medeola virginiana L.1895Watson,J.R. s.n. [1895-06-30][label: Herbarium of J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Geauga Co. [County]
Specimen of Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.1896Edo N. ClaassenThompson Ledges
A photograph of the species Dryopteris marginalis, not of this specimenDryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray1887Leonard, F.E.Munson
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1889Collector(s): F. S. HaggartNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Asplenium pinnatifidum, not of this specimenAsplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.1890M. RodmanSugar Grove.
A photograph of the species Cypripedium reginae, not of this specimenCypripedium reginae Walter1896J. R. WatsonGeauga
A photograph of the species Stachys cordata, not of this specimenStachys cordata Riddell1896Guttenberg, G.Burton
A photograph of the species Sarracenia purpurea, not of this specimenSarracenia purpurea L.1897J. R. WatsonGeauga
A photograph of the species Dryopteris goldiana, not of this specimenDryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray1901Lewis Sylvester HopkinsOhio, Middlefield
A photograph of the species Dryopteris boottii, not of this specimenDryopteris × boottii (Tuck.) Underw.1906L. S. HopkinsMiddlefield
A photograph of the species Acronicta dactylina, not of this specimenAcronicta dactylina Grote, 18741908Teraguchi, S. (Sonja)OH Geauga Co. Troy Twp. Snow Lake

All 692 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
Huntsburg1.7 miles13
Beardsley (historical)2.9 miles13
Burton Station2.9 miles13
Middlefield3.5 miles13
East Claridon3.7 miles13
Hayes Corners3.8 miles13
Claridon4.6 miles15
Center Road (historical)5.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067570. 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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