Brookside Park, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Truro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43068. It stands on Little Jordan Run. The Survey maps it on the Reynoldsburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1925 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 59 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
16 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.
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS East Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Reynoldsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
In the 1858 county history
662 words on this townshipThe county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Truro Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Truro Township - 662 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,535 shownMuseums hold 2,535 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brookside Park between 1840 and 1975: 2,251 Animalia, 167 Plantae, 77 Fungi, 23 Unrecorded, 17 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, A. J. Basinger, A. P. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | 1900 | Jennings, O.E. | Columbus, Ohio. |
![]() | Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. | 1840 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus |
![]() | Chaerophyllum procumbens (L.) Crantz | 1840 | H Ward | Columbus |
![]() | Hypericum gentianoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1840 | William Starling Sullivant | Columbus |
![]() | Podophyllum peltatum L. | 1840 | Sullivant, W.S. | |
| Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
![]() | Anoectangium ciliatum (Hedw.) Schwägr. | 1842 | Sullivant, W.S. | Columbus |
| Anomodon rostratus (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
| Archidium ohioense Schimp. ex Müll.Hal. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
| Astomum muhlenbergianum (Sw.) Grout | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Columbus | |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Masons Run, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Alum Creek, Franklin County, Ohio |
All 2,535 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 Brookside Park: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Blacklick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Claycraft No 4 & 5 Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Claycraft Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarcliff | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Reynoldsburg | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kingswood Farms | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rose Hill Heights | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Blacklick Ridge | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Idlewood Manor | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Crawford Farms | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Waggoner Park | 2.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067541. 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.























