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

Claysburg, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Israel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45311. The Survey maps it on the Fairhaven quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Claysburg within Preble County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Claysburg (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Claysburg (historical), surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1915 county history

5,510 words on this township

The county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Israel Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Israel Township - 5,510 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 700 shown

Museums hold 700 specimens collected within 10 miles of Claysburg (historical) between 1877 and 1975: 553 Animalia, 87 Plantae, 55 Fungi, 5 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.L.; Bucholtz, I., Arden R. Gaufin 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 Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Matthes,B.USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Camden
Specimen of Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1909Fink, V.; Steven, W. G.In Houston's Woods [sic; Hueston Woods State Park, Butler and Preble counties].
Specimen of Cenangium ferruginosum Fr.Cenangium ferruginosum Fr.1909Bruce Fink
A photograph of the species Ramularia armoraciae, not of this specimenRamularia armoraciae Fuckel1890Elliott E. N.Morning Sun
A photograph of the species Uria lomvia, not of this specimenUria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)1896Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.)Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Septoria oenotherae, not of this specimenSeptoria oenotherae Westend.1901W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Bryum pseudotriquetrum, not of this specimenBryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods, east of Talawanda Creek
Campylium hispidulum (Brid.) Mitt.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods
A photograph of the species Cladonia furcata, not of this specimenCladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad., 17941909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Cladonia macilenta, not of this specimenCladonia macilenta var. bacillaris (Ach.) Schaer.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Cladonia peziziformis, not of this specimenCladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R.Laundon1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Dicranum scoparium, not of this specimenDicranum scoparium Hedw.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods

All 700 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
Fairhaven1.1 miles13
Morning Sun2.4 miles11
Fosterville3.0 miles11
Talawanda Springs4.0 miles16
Muttonville4.5 miles11
College Corner5.0 miles16
Corvin (historical)5.1 miles11
Sugar Valley5.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063234. 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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