Chapel, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44047. The Survey maps it on the Ashtabula South quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 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
14 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.
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula South quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula South quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Ashtabula South quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000
In the 1920 county history
2,490 words on this townshipThe county history of 1920 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 2,490 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,013 shownMuseums hold 1,013 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chapel between 1872 and 1975: 843 Animalia, 145 Plantae, 23 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Bill, A. B. Fuller, A. Burhanna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt. | 1872 | L. B. Tuckerman | |
![]() | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1903 | not recorded | Cuyahoga River, South Park, Above Cleveland |
![]() | unnamed | 1915 | Munsell; Harvey | |
![]() | Hymenostylium recurvirostrum (Hedw.) Dixon | 1872 | not recorded | |
![]() | Dicranum scoparium Hedw. | 1891 | J. B. Brockway | |
![]() | Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | not recorded | Geneva |
![]() | Riccia fluitans L. | 1892 | E. E. Bogue | |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ashtabula River, Ashtabula, Ohio |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Red Brook, Harbor, Ohio |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1893 | Woolman & United States Fish Commission | Geneva, Cowles Creek |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Cowles Creek, Geneva, Ohio |
![]() | Dendrolycopodium dendroideum (Michx.) A.Haines | 1893 | A. A. Bill | Geneva |
All 1,013 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chapel: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreslinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dreslinski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munson Hill | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Austinburg | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Meadowood | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Jefferson | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Plymouth | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cold Springs | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Saybrook | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Eagleville | 4.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062444. 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.

























