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Denver, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Henry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45872. It stands on Howard Ridge. The Survey maps it on the North Baltimore quadrangle.

Denver within Wood County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Denver, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Denver, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

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 1897 county history

59 words on this township

The county history of 1897 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Henry Township covers introduction, population, surveys, organization, officials, pioneers.

Read the chapter on Henry Township - 59 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 241 shown

Museums hold 241 specimens collected within 10 miles of Denver between 1918 and 1975: 239 Animalia, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Triplehorn, Creamer, D., Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.) 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
A photograph of the species Thamnophis sirtalis, not of this specimenThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1918E L MOSELEYMILTON TWP
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Fundulus diaphanus, not of this specimenFundulus diaphanus menona Jordan & Copeland, 18771929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Rocky Ford Creek, within Henry township, near Cygnet, Henry township
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Rocky Ford Creek, within Henry township, near Cygnet, Henry township
A photograph of the species Notropis heterolepis, not of this specimenNotropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 18931929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hines, J.South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Erimyzon oblongus, not of this specimenErimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Lepomis gibbosus, not of this specimenLepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Mustela nivalis, not of this specimenMustela nivalis allegheniensis (Rhoads, 1901)1930E. L. MoseleyPortage Twp
A photograph of the species Pimephales promelas, not of this specimenPimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 18201930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Middle Branch Portage River, within Liberty township, near Rudolph, Liberty township
A photograph of the species Calamagrostis canadensis, not of this specimenCalamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv.1937R. E. ShanksN. Henry Twp.

All 241 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
North Baltimore1.5 miles13
Bassett (historical)2.7 miles13
Hammansburg3.2 miles13
Galatea3.3 miles13
Oil Center (historical)3.8 miles13
Hoytville4.1 miles11
Cygnet5.2 miles13
Bairdstown5.3 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DenverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133696The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050464. 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.