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Davis, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Palmyra Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44412. The Survey maps it on the Deerfield quadrangle.

Davis within Portage County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Davis, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Davis, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

5,036 words on this township

History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Palmyra Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The Welsh Regular Baptist Church at Palmyra was reorganized May 23, 1862, when W. W. Davis, Morgan Reese and James Davis were elected Trustees; Shadrach James was elected Clerk. The location of the church was known as Soar, but commonly called Stone Chapel.

Passage source: History of Portage County, Ohio, published 1885.

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 Palmyra Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 68 specimens collected within 10 miles of Davis between 1880 and 1969: 55 Animalia, 9 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. J. Crandall, B.J.Crandall, C. G. Lloyd 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 Hypoxylon glomeratum CookeHypoxylon glomeratum Cooke1920C. G. LloydLloyd
Specimen of Agaricus sylvicola (Vittad.) PeckAgaricus sylvicola (Vittad.) Peck1964B. J. CrandallShawnee State Park
Specimen of Crucibulum vulgare Tul. & C.Tul.Crucibulum vulgare Tul. & C.Tul.1964B.J.CrandallShawnee State Park
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1880Collection of R. SpiresAtwater, Near
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Entodon seductrix, not of this specimenEntodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.1899W. A. KellermanEdinburgh
A photograph of the species Colletotrichum graminicola, not of this specimenColletotrichum graminicola (Ces.) G.W.Wilson1908Selby A. D.Atwater
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Sand Creek, Windham Twp., Portage Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana sylvatica, not of this specimenRana sylvatica LeConte, 18251928Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Sand Creek, Windham Twp., Portage Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1930MB TrautmanWest Branch of the Mahoning River, South-central Charleston Twp
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1930MB TrautmanWest Branch of the Mahoning River, South-central Charleston Twp
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonnii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803)1930MB TrautmanWest Branch of the Mahoning River, South-central Charleston Twp

All 68 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Davis: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Valley Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Portage 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
Lloyd0.9 miles14
Flicks Corners1.3 miles14
Diamond1.3 miles14
Keans (historical)1.7 miles14
Palmyra2.4 miles14
Pritchard3.6 miles13
Deerfield4.5 miles14
All Seasons Lake Park4.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058211. 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.