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Blackbrook Valley Estates, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Freedom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44255. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mantua quadrangle.

Blackbrook Valley Estates within Portage County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blackbrook Valley Estates, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Blackbrook Valley Estates, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 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 1885 county history

3,035 words on this township

The county history of 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Freedom Township covers before the organization, charles h. paine, the first settler, a lone pioneer, more arrivals, first election, a thoughtful veteran.

Read the chapter on Freedom Township - 3,035 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 506 shown

Museums hold 506 specimens collected within 10 miles of Blackbrook Valley Estates between 1883 and 1975: 374 Animalia, 125 Plantae, 4 Unrecorded, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, A. Woolman 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 Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1884G. DeanGarretsville
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1904Rood, Almon N.; Roscoe J. WebbFreedom Twp
Specimen of Botrychium dissectum Spreng.Botrychium dissectum Spreng.1924Webb, Roscoe J.Alford's Glen
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 18981883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Melanerpes carolinus, not of this specimenMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Collector(s): S. N. DentonWindham
A photograph of the species Glaucomys volans, not of this specimenGlaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758)1889C. P. StreatorRavenna
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Mantau, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambystoma maculatum, not of this specimenAmbystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)1893not recordedGarrettsville
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Mantau, Ohio
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Mantau, Ohio

All 506 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Blackbrook Valley Estates: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Beck Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand Pit Products Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand Pit Products Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Portage 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
Jeddoe0.8 miles13
Freedom2.0 miles15
Drakesburg2.1 miles15
Garrettsville3.0 miles13
Hiram3.3 miles13
Homestead Manor3.9 miles13
Freedom Station4.1 miles15
Mantua4.3 miles13

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 Q122557615The 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 2513575. 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.