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Bethel, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Range Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43143. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.

Bethel within Madison County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bethel, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bethel, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

6,669 words on this township

History of Madison County, Ohio : Its People, Industries and Institution with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Range Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

William Johnston, a native of Pennsylvania, married Margaret McClimans, a native of the same state; emigrated to Ohio and settled in Ross county, near Chillicothe, about 1 804-05, where they resided until the fall of 1813, when they removed to Madison county and located in Range township, on Mud run. Here, and on adjoining land which he subsequently purchased, they remained until his death, in the fall of 1861. They had eight children, who grew to maturity: John, Nancy, who died unmarried; William, who married Philista Hall, and on Wednesday, September 27, 1882. celebrated their golden wedding anniversary: George, who married Barbara Beam and settled in this township;

Passage source: History of Madison County, Ohio : Its People, Industries and Institution with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1915.

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 Range Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 125 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 125 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bethel between 1898 and 1972: 116 Animalia, 6 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Brommer, R. & Moerchen, R. (Richard), Charles O. Wingo Jr., Dillon, T. (Terry) 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 Medicago lupulina L.Medicago lupulina L.1961Charles O. Wingo Jr.Route 323, 4 miles west of Mount Sterling
Specimen of Medicago sativa L.Medicago sativa L.1961Charles O. Wingo Jr.Roadside, dry bank 4 miles west of Mt. Sterling, Route 232, Madison County, Ohio.
Specimen of Trifolium hybridum L.Trifolium hybridum L.1961Charles O. Wingo Jr.Dry roadside bank, 4 miles west of Mt. Sterling, route 323, Madison County, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Ptilostomis ocellifera, not of this specimenPtilostomis ocellifera (Walker, 1852)1898Scott O'Dee
Ichneumonidae1925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Madison Co., OH
A photograph of the species Erimyzon oblongus, not of this specimenErimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856)1927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.)Walnut Run, north Paint township, ~3.3 miles SW of London OH, Paint township
A photograph of the species Notropis heterolepis, not of this specimenNotropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 18931927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.)Walnut Run, north Paint township, ~3.3 miles SW of London OH, Paint township
A photograph of the species Necturus maculosus, not of this specimenNecturus maculosus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)1929Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Oak Run, Madison Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Orconectes rusticus, not of this specimenOrconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)1938R. RhoadesPaint Creek, Paint Township
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1940Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Deer Creek, ust SR 56, 0.6 mile east of Mount Sterling OH, Pleasant Township
A photograph of the species Ameiurus natalis, not of this specimenAmeiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)1940Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Deer Creek, ust SR 56, 0.6 mile east of Mount Sterling OH, Pleasant Township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1940Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Deer Creek, ust SR 56, 0.6 mile east of Mount Sterling OH, Pleasant Township

All 125 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
Range1.7 miles10
Chenoweth1.9 miles10
Midway4.5 miles10
Nioga (historical)5.4 miles11
Burr Oaks Heights6.4 miles10
McClimansville6.5 miles10
Mount Sterling6.8 miles10
Antioch6.9 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q34658513The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054068. 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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