BlockEast Trumbull, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Trumbull Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44084. The Survey maps it on the East Trumbull quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
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Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed 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.
- 1905 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS East Trumbull quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ashtabula quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS East Trumbull quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,075 words on this townshipHistory of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878 names this settlement in its chapter on Trumbull Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first mercantile establishment was opened at the centre ; stock consisted of groceries and notions. George Rich was the proprietor, and his goods were kept in a small red building, which is now occupied as a wood-house by Y. N. Stone, and stands near its original site. This was in 1847, and the first stock of goods from Cleveland to this point was transported by teams. Horatio Rich afterwards operated for a number of years a store on this corner, and V. N. Stone at present occupies the premises with a Grange store. The business houses at this point are J. M. Fairbanks, general stock; E. P. Saunders, groceries and hardware; Edward Curtis, boots and shoes; and Mrs. A. H. Dodge, millinery. At East Trumbull Lewis C. Horton has a store, general line ; O. C. Parker, groceries and notions; and Mrs. Ingall, millinery. R. P. Walcott has an undertaking establishment one mile north of the centre.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
The first hotel in the township was opened at East Trumbull, in 1839. The building is now occupied by O. C. Parker as a dwelling and grocery. A. T. Codding was the landlord. No hotel is kept at this point at present. The first and only hotel at the centre was built by Scott Jenks, in 1858. This was managed by different parties until the early part of 1874, when it was purchased by E. P.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
Of these quite modern institutions we find that the first was established in the spring of 1S61. This was conducted on the co-operative plan, with the following stockholders: Frank Cook, James Massingham, M. Proctor, A. Sinclair, G. W. Bich, A. H. Dodge, Steve J. Massingham, and H. G. Rich. The average number of cows contributing is three hundred and fifty. In the spring of 1870 another factory was opened at East Trumbull. This was burned in August, 1876. The present factory at this point began operations in the spring of 1877, A. H. Brainard. manager. At Footville, Hiram Spafford erected a factory building in 1871. This has been operated by William Raymond and others.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Trumbull Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,074 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,074 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Trumbull between 1872 and 1975: 1,019 Animalia, 38 Fungi, 17 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Fuller, A.E. Daugherty, Ansley, G 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hymenostylium curvirostre Mitt. | 1872 | L. B. Tuckerman | |
 | Bacidia rubella (Hoffm.) A.Massal. | 1891 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Anaptychia aquila (Ach.) A.Massal. | 1895 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Cardamine douglassii Britton | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell. |
 | Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell. |
 | Geum rivale L. | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell. |
 | Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell |
 | Bacidia luteola (Ach.) Mudd | 1891 | E. E. Bogue | |
 | Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm. | 1891 | Bogue, E.E. | Orwell; 41.535055 -80.868144 |
 | Lecanora caesiorubella subsp. caesiorubella | 1891 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell |
 | Physcia stellaris (L.) Nyl. | 1891 | Bogue, E. E. | Orwell |
| Anzia colpodes (Ach.) Stizenb. | 1892 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell |
All 1,074 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Corners (historical) | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Trumbull | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rock Creek | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Footville | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Turkey Foot Corner | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hartsgrove | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Rome | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Roaming Shores | 5.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122596348 | 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 1040018. 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.
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