Cowlesville, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45373. The Survey maps it on the Tipp City quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 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.
- 1904 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Tipp City quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tipp City quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Tipp City quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Tipp City quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Tipp City quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
78,966 words on this townshipThe 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 Monroe Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 78,966 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 274 shownMuseums hold 274 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cowlesville between 1835 and 1975: 244 Animalia, 17 Fungi, 10 Plantae, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. | 1835 | Frank | |
![]() | Uredo | 1897 | Prof. W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Polyporus radicatus Schwein. | 1909 | Thomas | Troy |
![]() | Botrypus virginianus (L.) Michx. | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, Miami [County] |
![]() | Carex albursina E.Sheld. | 1835 | Collector unknown | |
![]() | Carex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig | 1835 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Gentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, in ditione civitatis Miami |
![]() | Cercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy |
| Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy | |
![]() | Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. arbuscula (Berk. & Broome) Nann.-Bremek., 1975 | 1897 | Thaxter, R. | USA, Florida, Cocoanut Grove |
![]() | Mermis Dujardin, 1842 | 1897 | F. Johnston | New Carlisle |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1898 | Collector(s): L. Kumlein | Milton, Ohio |
All 274 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
8 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cowlesville: 5 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipp Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tipp Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tipp City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tipp Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Troy Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Troy Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Vandalia Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms nearby
6 since 2013The National Weather Service names Cowlesville in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlesville | $10,000 | Numerous trees were downed on the south side of the city of Troy. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlesville | $2,000 | A large tree was downed and several other trees had large limbs snapped off. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlesville | $1,000 | Several large tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlesville | $1,000 | A few tree limbs were reported down northeast of Tipp City due to thunderstorm winds. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowlesville | $200 | A large tree limb fell onto Merrimount Avenue. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cowlesville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipp City | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Grayson | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Babbtown (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Evanston | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Premwood | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant View | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Southview Estates | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Cloverdale | 3.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048637. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
























