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

Douglass, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43351. The Survey maps it on the Nevada quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Douglass within Wyandot County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Douglass (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Douglass (historical), surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 1884 county history

218 words on this township

The county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Crane Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Crane Township - 218 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 288 shown

Museums hold 288 specimens collected within 10 miles of Douglass (historical) between 1885 and 1975: 272 Animalia, 13 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Acker, G., Allen, J. M., Blyth & Katz 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 Hister abbreviatus, not of this specimenHister abbreviatus Fabricius, 17751885not recordedCrane
A photograph of the species Margarinotus faedatus, not of this specimenMargarinotus faedatus (J.E.LeConte, 1845)1885not recordedCrane
A photograph of the species Phyllachora graminis, not of this specimenPhyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel1900Bonser Thos.Wyandot Co.
Phyllachora vulgata Theiss. & Syd.1900Thos. BouserBig Spring Prairie
A photograph of the species Puccinia eatoniae, not of this specimenPuccinia eatoniae Arthur1901Bouser Thomas?Wyandot Co.
Puccinia fusca Wallr.1901Bouser ThomasWyandot Co.
A photograph of the species Puccinia podophylli, not of this specimenPuccinia podophylli Schwein.1901Bowser ThomasWyandot Co.
Uncinula macrospora Peck1901T. A. Bonser
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1906Sterki, VictorTiffin
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181915Goodrich, CalvinUpper Sandusky
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1915Goodrich, CalvinUpper Sandusky
A photograph of the species Cambarunio iris, not of this specimenCambarunio iris (I.Lea, 1829)1915Goodrich, CalvinUpper Sandusky

All 288 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Douglass (historical): 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Claycraft Pit & PlantClayProducer
Kuenzli QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccarthy Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Amert Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and M Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kirby and Sons, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kuenzli Quarries Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyandot 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
Mononcue2.5 miles10
Upper Sandusky3.1 miles10
Edenville3.3 miles12
South Park3.4 miles10
Nevada4.9 miles12
Smithville5.1 miles11
Seal5.4 miles11
Little Sandusky5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1060691. 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.