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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Chardon Centre, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chardon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44024. The Survey maps it on the Chardon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Chardon Centre within Geauga County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chardon Centre (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Chardon Centre (historical), surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 1880 county history

53,440 words on this township

The 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 Chardon Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Chardon Township - 53,440 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,660 shown

Museums hold 2,660 specimens collected within 10 miles of Chardon Centre (historical) between 1887 and 1975: 2,602 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 10 Fungi, 1 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. F. Clewell, Aldritch, J W, Ames, Oakes 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 Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)1891Fred Haggart
Specimen of Medeola virginiana L.Medeola virginiana L.1895Watson,J.R. s.n. [1895-06-30][label: Herbarium of J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Geauga Co. [County]
Specimen of Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.1896Edo N. ClaassenThompson Ledges
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimenAsplenium trichomanes L.1887Leonard, F.E.Little Mountain.
A photograph of the species Dryopteris marginalis, not of this specimenDryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray1887Leonard, F.E.Munson
A photograph of the species Cypripedium reginae, not of this specimenCypripedium reginae Walter1896J. R. WatsonGeauga
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1897Ray DensmoreLeroy
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1897Ray DensmoreLeroy, Grand River, swamp
Specimen of Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw.Conocephalum conicum (L.) Underw.1897Jesse M. GreenmanLittle Mountain
Specimen of Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr.Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr.1897AshcroftMentor
A photograph of the species Cypripedium parviflorum, not of this specimenCypripedium parviflorum Salisb.1897J. R. WatsonMunson
A photograph of the species Dendroica petechia, not of this specimenDendroica petechia aestiva (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1897Ray DensmoreLeroy

All 2,660 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Chardon Centre (historical): 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Best Sand CorporationStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Best Strip QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Hambden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Geauga 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
Clarks2.0 miles15
West Bass Lake3.4 miles15
North Munson3.5 miles13
East Bass Lake3.6 miles15
Terrace Glenn Estates4.6 miles15
Chardon5.0 miles15
Hambden5.1 miles15
Aquilla5.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057743. 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.