Derby, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Darby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43146. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle. 355 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDerby fell from 408 to 355 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 408 | |
| 2020 | 355 | -53 (-13%) |
Then and now
1923 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1923 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 595 shownMuseums hold 595 specimens collected within 10 miles of Derby between 1901 and 1975: 571 Animalia, 23 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Abbott, R; and others, Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna, Bartley, F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1901 | C. S. Mead | Big Darby Creek |
![]() | Lenzites betulinus (L.) Fr. | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Big Darby |
![]() | Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) | 1932 | not recorded | Darbyville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
![]() | Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 | 1932 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Darbyville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
![]() | Ruellia humilis Nutt. | 1935 | Delzie Demaree | John Bryan State Park, Yellow Springs |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1939 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Big Darby Creek,~2.6 miles dst SR 316, ~2 miles SSE of Darbyville OH, Muhlenberg Township |
![]() | Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856 | 1939 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Big Darby Creek,~2.6 miles dst SR 316, ~2 miles SSE of Darbyville OH, Muhlenberg Township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1939 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Big Darby Creek,~2.6 miles dst SR 316, ~2 miles SSE of Darbyville OH, Muhlenberg Township |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1939 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Big Darby Creek,~2.6 miles dst SR 316, ~2 miles SSE of Darbyville OH, Muhlenberg Township |
![]() | Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) | 1949 | Nibling, M. F. (Mary F.) | Big Darby Creek, within Darby township, near Orient, Darby township |
![]() | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1975 | Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna | Darby Creek |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1975 | Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna | Darby Creek |
All 595 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
5 since 1996The National Weather Service names Derby in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Derby | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Derby | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down on London and Winstead Roads. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Derby | $1,000 | Numerous large tree branches were downed onto a roadway. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Derby | - | High water was approaching a residence along London Road. |
| June 2015 | Heavy Rain | Derby | - | High water closed numerous roads in Darby Township. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Era | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Orient | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Matville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Five Points | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Darbyville | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Commercial Point | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Robtown | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pherson | 9.0 miles | 13 |
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 Derby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472959 | The 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 1064533. 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.
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.
























