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Croswell, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greensburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45875. The Survey maps it on the Miller City quadrangle.

Croswell within Putnam County

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Croswell, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Croswell, surveyed 1908

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 county-history sources

687 words on this township

History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Greensburg Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Greensburg township has no equal in the county in the way of towns, there being four within her limits, namely : Avis, Cuba, Croswell and Dornington. If any of the four have ever been platted the officials failed to record the plats. Avis is located on the Findlay, Ft. Wayne & Western railroad. With a large stave mill to aid the growth of this village it bid fair to become a thriving town, but the mill being destroyed by fire and never replaced, the hopes for a larger village were shattered. Its business comprises one elevator, a general store and stock yards. Cuba is situated in the northern part of the township, on the Blanchard river. Croswell is a railroad stop west of Avis on the same railroad. Dornington is located oh the Ohio Electric and also the Findlay, Ft. Wayne & Western railroad.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Greensburg Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 151 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 151 specimens collected within 10 miles of Croswell between 1860 and 1969: 151 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, Bureau of Fisheries 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 Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1893Bureau of FisheriesBlanchard River
Specimen of Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823)Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823)1893not recordedBlanchard River
Specimen of Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1893not recordedBlanchard River, Ottawa
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBlanchard R. at Ottawa
A photograph of the species Botaurus lentiginosus, not of this specimenBotaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Calidris alpina, not of this specimenCalidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Calidris minutilla, not of this specimenCalidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Chlidonias niger, not of this specimenChlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinula chloropus, not of this specimenGallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Sterna hirundo, not of this specimenSterna hirundo Linnaeus, 17581878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Botaurus Stephens, not of this specimenBotaurus Stephens, 18191879not recorded

All 151 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
Dorninton1.0 miles11
Avis1.5 miles11
Cuba2.2 miles11
Kalida2.6 miles13
Clevengers (historical)4.4 miles13
Cascade4.8 miles12
Kieferville5.5 miles11
Cloverdale5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061010. 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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