BlockBrownhelm, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brownhelm Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44089. The Survey maps it on the Vermilion East quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1903 against another survey:
On record in Brownhelm
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Brownhelm Historic Districtlisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed 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.
- 1903 USGS Vermilion quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
76,928 words on this townshipHistory of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Brownhelm Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Fallowing thH settlement, is subjoined the greater part of the address of President J. H. Faircliild, on the "Early Settlement and History of Brownhelni," delivered at Brownhelm, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its settlement. We make use of this instead of writing a new sketch, because (I) as a history of the townsliip it is quite full and remarkabl.y accurate, as we have verified by personal interviews with the older residents of the place; and (2) because of its admirable treatment of some phases of pioneer life of which they only, who have experienced them, can give an adequate portrayal. President Fairchild was himself a pioneer of Bro^mhelm, and describes the characteristics of life in the new country from the standpoint of experience.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
In 181C, Col. Henry Brown of Stoekbridge, Massachusetts, visited this portion of the Western Reserve, with the pur])oso in view of selecting for purchase a large tract of land, and on his return to Massachusetts he entered into contract for this township, then known only as number six, in range nineteen. In the fall of the same year, accompanied by several young men, he came on the ground, erected a log house on the lake shore, and then returned to Massachusetts, leaving his men to make further preparations for the reception of the families the next season.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
Early in the following year, Levi Shepard and Sylvester Baruum and their families, and two daughters of Stephen James, who came with Mr. Shepard, left Stoekbridge for this township, where they arrived, after a protracted and tedious journey, in the afternoon of July 4, 1817. Mr. James with his two sons (his wife having died previously) started from Stockbridge about the same time as Deacon Shepard and his associates, but taking the boat at liuifalo for Black River, reached tlic jihice abont a week in advance of them. Mr She]iard and family are the conceded first settlers. "Mr. She]iard and liis wife, without indicating their purpose to their fellow travelers, were careful to lead the way as they approached the selected territory, so as to l)e first on the ground. They crossed the line between Black River and Brownhelm some rods in advance of their associates, and thus they properly have the honor of being the first settlers."'
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
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 Brownhelm Township - it names this place 68 more 68 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,019 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,019 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brownhelm between 1853 and 1975: 955 Animalia, 812 Fungi, 213 Plantae, 16 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 10 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Wright, A. E. Recksecker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cantharellus minor Peck | 1896 | F.D. Kelsey | Near Oberlin |
 | Coniophora byssoides (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Oberlin. |
 | Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr. | 1896 | Kelsey, Francis Duncan | Kipton |
 | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1853 | Baird, Spencer Fullerton | Black River, below falls at Elyria, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | S. Baird | Black River Elgria Ohio (above falls) |
 | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
 | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1894 | Dawson, W. L. (William Leon) | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
| Aecidium nesaeae W.R.Gerard | 1894 | Kelsey, F.D. | Lorain County, Ohio | |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1894 | F.D. Kelsey | Oberlin | |
 | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Oberlin Field W of Athletic Park, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
 | Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr. | 1894 | F. D. Kelsey |
All 2,019 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Brownhelm: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Finnegan Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Birmingham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownhelm Station | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kendeigh Corner | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rugby (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| South Amherst | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sunnyside | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Amherst | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Henrietta | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Vermilion-on-the-Lake | 3.5 miles | 14 |
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 Q122591172 | 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 1056729. 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.