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Beardsley, 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 44046. The Survey maps it on the East Claridon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Beardsley 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 Beardsley (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Beardsley (historical), surveyed 1904

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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 county-history sources

12,305 words on this township

Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, with Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Huntsburg Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Chapin Moss bought the old Howells farm, north of his father's home. He was a zealous member and worker in the Disciple church, and a strong antislavery man. He died some years since, leaving a large family. In the fostering care of his widow, who still survives him, this family has been raised to years of responsibility, and the eldest son, Charles, succeeds his father in earnest work for the church. Theda became Mrs. Beardsley, and still lives in Huntsburg.

Passage source: Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, with Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, published 1880.

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 Huntsburg Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 749 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 749 specimens collected within 10 miles of Beardsley (historical) between 1885 and 1975: 602 Animalia, 139 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Rood, A.E. Daugherty, Andre F. Clewell 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 Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.LawsonAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1885Werner, Wm. C.Thompson
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]
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1885W. C. WernerThompson
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 Cypripedium reginae, not of this specimenCypripedium reginae Walter1896J. R. WatsonGeauga
Specimen of Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.1896Edo N. ClaassenThompson Ledges
A photograph of the species Stachys cordata, not of this specimenStachys cordata Riddell1896Guttenberg, G.Burton
A photograph of the species Cypripedium parviflorum, not of this specimenCypripedium parviflorum Salisb.1897J. R. WatsonMunson
Ranunculaceae1897Ashcroft, G.B.Munson O.
A photograph of the species Sarracenia purpurea, not of this specimenSarracenia purpurea L.1897J. R. WatsonGeauga

All 749 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
Huntsburg1.4 miles13
East Claridon2.6 miles13
Barnes Corners2.9 miles13
Center Road (historical)3.1 miles15
Claridon3.1 miles15
Montville4.2 miles13
Burton Station4.4 miles13
Aquilla4.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067571. 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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