Dadsville, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lanier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45381. It stands on Coffman Run. The Survey maps it on the West Alexandria quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1911 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1911 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS West Alexandria quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Alexandria quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Alexandria quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1915 county history
2,967 words on this townshipThe 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 Lanier Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lanier Township - 2,967 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 588 shownMuseums hold 588 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dadsville between 1896 and 1974: 550 Animalia, 31 Fungi, 7 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin, B. Fink 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces ari-triphylli (Schwein.) Seeler | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | West Alexandria |
![]() | Uria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.) | Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Puccinia circaeae Pers. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | West Alexandria |
![]() | Septoria oenotherae Westend. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Uromyces caladii (Schwein.) Farl. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | West Alexandria |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1910 | Braun, Lucy E. | |
![]() | Physcia subtilis Degelius | 1914 | B. Fink | Eaton |
![]() | Scoliciosporum umbrinum (Ach.) Arnold | 1914 | Fink, B. | Eaton |
![]() | Cylindrosporium padi P.Karst. | 1922 | Overholts, L. O. | Gratis |
![]() | Steccherinum pulcherrimum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker | 1925 | M.L. Lohman | Eaton |
| Hypocrea sulphurea (Schwein.) Sacc. | 1926 | L. O. Overholts | Greenbush |
All 588 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 Dadsville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Alexandria Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wysong Gravel West Alexandria Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2017The National Weather Service names Dadsville in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dadsville | $40,000 | A well built barn was damaged and a parked tractor trailer was flipped onto a parked car. Numerous trees were also downed in the area. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dadsville | $1,000 | A tree was downed at the 1700 block of New Market Banta Road. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dadsville | $1,000 | A tree was downed near Pyrmont Road and State Route 503. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Dadsville | - | High water was reported on Eaton Lewisburg Pyrmont Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Line | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| West Alexandria | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| New Lexington | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ingomar | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Enterprise | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sampleville | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Ransom | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wheatville | 5.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063255. 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.




















