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

Beechwood, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45244. It lies in Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Madeira quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Beechwood within Clermont County

Then and now

1898 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beechwood (historical), surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Beechwood (historical), surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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 1891 county history

56 words on this township

The county history of 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Union Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Union Township - 56 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,939 shown

Museums hold 1,939 specimens collected within 10 miles of Beechwood (historical) between 1850 and 1975: 1,049 Fungi, 756 Animalia, 82 Plantae, 47 Protozoa, 3 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14753, A JOHN, A JOHN AND R KNOTTS 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 Ipomoea lacunosa L.Ipomoea lacunosa L.1877Joseph Francis JamesLoveland
Specimen of Puccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) ArthurPuccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Arthur1878James, F.Loveland
Specimen of Apophthisis pullata Braun, 1915Apophthisis pullata Braun, 19151929A. Braun[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Fomes applanatus, not of this specimenFomes applanatus (Pers.) Fr.1850James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Asarum canadense, not of this specimenAsarum canadense L.1877Mohr, MarieClermont County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1877James, J.F.Loveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus hirsutus, not of this specimenPolyporus hirsutus (Wulfen) Fr.1877James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Rumex altissimus, not of this specimenRumex altissimus Wood1877J. F. JamesLoveland.
A photograph of the species Trifolium stoloniferum, not of this specimenTrifolium stoloniferum Muhl.1877J. F. JamesMiamiville
A photograph of the species Fomes scutellatus, not of this specimenFomes scutellatus (Schwein.) Cooke1878James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Justicia americana, not of this specimenJusticia americana (L.) Vahl1878Lloyd, Curtis GatesLoveland
A photograph of the species Leiothlypis peregrina, not of this specimenLeiothlypis peregrina (A.Wilson, 1811)1878Collector(s): Leonard R. FreemanLocust Corner

All 1,939 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Beechwood (historical): 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brewer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Camp Dennison PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Clermont County

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
South Milford0.8 miles19
Clertoma1.2 miles19
Indian Knolls1.5 miles19
Romohr Acres1.5 miles19
Milford1.7 miles19
Beverly Hills2.3 miles19
Summerside Estates2.4 miles21
Perintown2.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054170. 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.