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Bucktown, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cincinnati City. It lies in ZIP code area 45202. It lies near Mount Adams. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bucktown within Hamilton County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bucktown (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bucktown (historical), surveyed 1914

On record in Bucktown

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 12 of 84 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 printed 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.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 5,821 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,821 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bucktown (historical) between 1819 and 1975: 2,855 Fungi, 1,698 Animalia, 919 Plantae, 298 Protozoa, 32 Unrecorded, 18 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. Braun, A. F. Braun 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 Clavaria striata Pers.Clavaria striata Pers.1899Aiken, Walter H.College Hill
Specimen of Corticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.CurtisCorticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.Curtis1899C.G. LloydCincinnati
Specimen of Microsphaera diffusa Cooke & PeckMicrosphaera diffusa Cooke & Peck1899Aiken, Walter H.Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Quercus leana, not of this specimenQuercus × leana Nutt.1819Thomas Nuttall3 miles North of Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Atrichum angustatum, not of this specimenAtrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.1820T. G. Leaprobably Cincinnatti
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1820T. G. Leaprobably Cincinnatti
A photograph of the species Sebacina calcea, not of this specimenSebacina calcea (Pers.) Bres.1827Lloyd C. G.Linwood
A photograph of the species Rhus venenata, not of this specimenRhus venenata DC.1830Clark, JosephNorth of Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Equisetum arvense, not of this specimenEquisetum arvense L.1834Short, Charles Wilkins; Lea, Thomas G.Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1835Collector unspecifiedIn citivate Ohio prope Cincinnati. [Inferred locality from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1835Joseph C. FrankCincinnati.
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897Kellerman, W.A.College Hill

All 5,821 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bucktown (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Lead, Antimony, Zirconium. 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
Avril Co/ Cincinnati, OhioTin, Lead, AntimonyUnknown
N L Industries/ Cincinnati, OhioZirconiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
Mount Adams0.6 miles19
Cincinnati0.6 miles18
Over-The-Rhine0.7 miles18
Prospect Hill0.7 miles18
Mount Auburn0.9 miles18
Lincoln Court1.1 miles18
Little Bethlehem1.1 miles18
Laurel Homes1.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1059432. 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.