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

Deer Creek Village, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Somerford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43140. It stands on Georges Fork. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Deer Creek Village within Madison County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deer Creek Village (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Deer Creek Village (historical), surveyed 1907

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 1883 county history

3,370 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Somerford Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Somerford Township - 3,370 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 342 shown

Museums hold 342 specimens collected within 10 miles of Deer Creek Village (historical) between 1889 and 1973: 329 Animalia, 9 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. Fink, B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward, Beattie R. K. 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 Chimarra obscura (Walker, 1852)Chimarra obscura (Walker, 1852)1898Scott O'Dee
Specimen of Chrysops cincticornis Walker, 1848Chrysops cincticornis Walker, 18481902not recorded
Specimen of Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838Chrysops niger Macquart, 18381902not recorded
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1889Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Coccyzus americanus, not of this specimenCoccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Melanerpes erythrocephalus, not of this specimenMelanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Passerina cyanea, not of this specimenPasserina cyanea (Linnaeus, 1766)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Spizella pusilla, not of this specimenSpizella pusilla (A.Wilson, 1810)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo Lacepede, not of this specimenButeo Lacepede, 17991894Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Otus asio, not of this specimenOtus asio (Linnaeus, 1758)1894Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bartramia longicauda, not of this specimenBartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)1896Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Ictalurus nebulosus, not of this specimenIctalurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1901not recordedState Fish Hatchery, London in Madison Co, 4.3 mi W of London, Union township

All 342 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Deer Creek Village (historical): 2 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Davis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Davis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Choctaw Lake0.7 miles14
Tradersville2.4 miles14
Summerford2.6 miles14
Markley (historical)3.2 miles12
Plumwood4.3 miles10
Lafayette4.3 miles14
Chevington Place4.7 miles14
Amherst Meadows4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1068813. 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.