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Butlers Mill, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45858. It stands on West Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hoytville quadrangle.

Butlers Mill within Hancock County

Then and now

1956 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Butlers Mill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Butlers Mill, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

In the 1903 county history

11,412 words on this township

The county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Pleasant Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Pleasant Township - 11,412 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 18 shown

Museums hold 18 specimens collected within 10 miles of Butlers Mill between 1906 and 1975: 17 Animalia, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by David G. Furth, F. O. Grover, Langlois, T. H. 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 Valsa nivea (Hoffm.) Fr.Valsa nivea (Hoffm.) Fr.1906F. O. GroverNear Black Swamp, Oberlin.
Eutarsopolipus Berlese, 19131934Ray T. EverlyPleasant Twp. Sect. 23 Stone Quarry
A photograph of the species Lepomis Rafinesque, not of this specimenLepomis Rafinesque, 18191948Wascko, H. L. (Harold L.)water unknown, northwest Ohio, Ohio, township n/a
A photograph of the species Lepomis humilis, not of this specimenLepomis humilis (Girard, 1858)1948Wascko, H. L. (Harold L.)water unknown, northwest Ohio, Ohio, township n/a
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1958Langlois, T. H.Hortons Chapel Cave, Pleasant Twp, near McComb, Pleasant township
A photograph of the species Apateticus cynicus, not of this specimenApateticus cynicus (Say, 1832)1968David G. FurthHancock
A photograph of the species Tramea carolina, not of this specimenTramea carolina (Linnaeus, 1763)1968David G. FurthHancock
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)1975Norrocky, M. J. (Michael J.)Portage River, Rader Creek at CoRd bridge 203; 3.6 mi S of Hoytville.
A photograph of the species Carassius auratus, not of this specimenCarassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)1975Norrocky, M. J. (Michael J.) & Hoke, R. (Robert)Portage River -- Lake Erie, Rader Creek, at the Golf Course on the W side of McComb. (Rt 63)
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1975Norrocky, M. J. (Michael J.)Portage River, Rader Creek at CoRd bridge 203; 3.6 mi S of Hoytville.
A photograph of the species Cyprinus carpio, not of this specimenCyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 17581975Norrocky, M. J. (Michael J.) & Hoke, R. (Robert)Portage River -- Lake Erie, Rader Creek, at the Golf Course on the W side of McComb. (Rt 63)
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651975Norrocky, M. J. (Michael J.)Portage River, Rader Creek at CoRd bridge 203; 3.6 mi S of Hoytville.

All 18 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hancock0.7 miles11
North Ridgeville (historical)2.0 miles11
Deweyville3.1 miles11
Shawtown3.8 miles9
McComb5.3 miles9
Portage Center7.6 miles13
Lewisville (historical)8.6 miles9
Murphys9.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062680. 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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