Buckhorn Corner, Ohio
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45390. The Survey maps it on the Union City quadrangle.
Then and now
1916 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1916 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 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.
- 1916 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Union City quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Union City quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Union City quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Union City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
10,947 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 10,947 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 292 shownMuseums hold 292 specimens collected within 10 miles of Buckhorn Corner between 1915 and 1964: 278 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Alexander, Athearn, Herbert D., B. Montgomery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) | 1942 | [Not Stated] | Greenville Creek, 2-6 miles southeast of Union City |
![]() | Butorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1915 | Householder, V. | Ausonia, 1 mi E |
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1915 | Householder, V. | Ausonia, 3 mi W |
![]() | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1915 | Householder, V. | 1 mi. E Ausonia |
![]() | Falco sparverius sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 | 1915 | Householder, V. | Ansonia, 1 mi E |
![]() | Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1915 | Householder, V. | Ausonia, 1 mi. E |
![]() | Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1915 | Householder, V. | 1 mi. E Ausoria |
![]() | Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1915 | Householder, V. | Ansonia, 1 mi E |
![]() | Melospiza melodia melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1915 | Householder, V. | 1 mi. E of Ansonia |
![]() | Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1915 | Householder, V. | 1 mi. E Ausouia |
| Pooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1915 | Housholder | 1 mi. E. Ausoria | |
| Setophaga castanea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1915 | Householder, V. | Ansonia, 1 mi. E |
All 292 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunchberger Corners | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Union City | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hetzlerville (historical) | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cosmos | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hill Grove | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Roe Corners | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Elroy | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lightsville | 5.4 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062673. 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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