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

Deer Lick, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Superior Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43543. It stands on Nettle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montpelier quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Deer Lick within Williams County

Then and now

1914 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 76 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 Lick (historical), surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Deer Lick (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1905 county history

4,881 words on this township

The county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Superior Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Superior Township - 4,881 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 264 shown

Museums hold 264 specimens collected within 10 miles of Deer Lick (historical) between 1895 and 1974: 262 Animalia, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Barnes, T. N., Bauer, L. 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 Gomphus exilis Selys, 1854Gomphus exilis Selys, 18541946H. PriceNettle Creek near Nettle Lake
Specimen of Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854Gomphus lividus Selys, 18541946H. PriceNettle Creek, at ripples near Nettle Lake
Specimen of Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1948Kansas UniversitySt. Joseph River, Florence
A photograph of the species Aspidium Sw., not of this specimenAspidium Sw.1895Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln MoseleyFlorence
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger Linnaeus, 17581926Collector(s): unknownNo specific locality recorded
A photograph of the species Sturnus vulgaris, not of this specimenSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 17581927Price, H. (Homer)Evansport, Williams, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Mill Creek, within Ex east Mill Creek township, near Alvordton, Mill Creek township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Creek, at inlet to Nettle Lake in Northwest township, 4.7 mi S of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Chaenobryttus gulosus, not of this specimenChaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier, 1829)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Erimyzon sucetta, not of this specimenErimyzon sucetta kennerlii (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma microperca, not of this specimenEtheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 18881929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township

All 264 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 Lick (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
Pioneer Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tri-State Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Williams 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
Holiday City1.2 miles13
Jim Town2.3 miles14
Greyhound2.7 miles14
Montpelier2.8 miles13
Hillcrest2.9 miles13
West Jefferson3.3 miles13
West Woodly Addition4.0 miles13
Bridgewater Center4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063662. 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.