Dicksonton, Ohio

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1911 2002

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.

• 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
• 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
• 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
• 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
• 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
• 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
• 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
• 1992 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
• 2002 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000

1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Pike Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Dicksonton (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Dixie
• Bristol
• Greeleyville
• McCuneville
• Asbury (historical)
• New Lexington

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 256 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dicksonton (historical) between 1890 and 1975: 179 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 24 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Buker, W.E. 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
	Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur	1891	W. A. Kellerman
	Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.	1910	W. A. Kellerman
	Equisetum arvense L.	1937	Sharps, M.E.	Rush Creek Twp.
	Phaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.	1890	W. C. Werner	Rendville.
	Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener	1891	W. C. Werner	Rendville
	Anthoceros punctatus L.	1891	not recorded	Rendville
	Ascocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf	1891	W. A. Kellerman
	Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin	1891	W. C. Werner
	Callicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum	1891	W. C. Werner	Rendville
	Frullania eboracensis Gottsche	1891	W. C. Werner	Rendville
	Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand	1891	W. A. Kellerman	[Specific locality illegible.]
	Hypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke	1891	W. C. Werner	Rendville

All 256 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dicksonton (historical): 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Perry County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1074249. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.