Branchwood Estates, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fairfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44855. The Survey maps it on the Greenwich quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Greenwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Greenwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Greenwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
In the 1896 county history
2,229 words on this townshipThe county history of 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fairfield Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fairfield Township - 2,229 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 690 shownMuseums hold 690 specimens collected within 10 miles of Branchwood Estates between 1885 and 1974: 512 Plantae, 95 Animalia, 68 Fungi, 15 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, Baumgartner, L., C. E. Jennings 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hemiarcyria stipata (Schwein.) Rostaf., 1876 | 1885 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum inaequale Peck, 1878 | 1885 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Chondrioderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Rostaf., 1873 | 1886 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Trichia proximella P.Karst., 1879 | 1889 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Tubifera ferruginosa (Batsch) J.F.Gmel., 1792 | 1889 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1890 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum ellipsosporum Rostaf., 1876 | 1890 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum relatum Morgan, 1896 | 1890 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Calonema aureum Morgan, 1893 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Didymium eximium Peck, 1878 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum compressum Alb. & Schwein., 1805 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum sulphureum Alb. & Schwein., 1805 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
All 690 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Branchwood 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costein Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Costein Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Price Sand and Gravel Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Price Sand and Gravel Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fairfield | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hanville Corners | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Boughtonville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Steuben | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Delphi | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Peru | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Olena | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Coble Village | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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 Q122555793 | The 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 2514853. 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.
























