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Egypt, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45865. The Survey maps it on the New Bremen quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 77 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.
- 1909 USGS Loramie quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Loramie quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Loramie quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Bremen quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
8,057 words on this townshipHistory of Western Ohio and Auglaize County, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Prominent Public Men, published 1905 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first public school building in Jackson township was -erected in Minster in 1834, and was situated at the corner of Adams and Zweibruken streets. It served as a township and village school building until 1853, when a four room brick building was erected on Zweibruken street between Adams and Fifth streets. After the establishment of the church and convent at Egypt a school house was built in that locality in i860.
Passage source: History of Western Ohio and Auglaize County, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Prominent Public Men, published 1905.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 226 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 226 specimens collected within 10 miles of Egypt between 1800 and 1974: 201 Animalia, 25 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albert Wetzstein, Ballenstedt, B., Baßmann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray | 1898 | Wetzstein, A. | Rich woods, New Bremen. |
 | Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt | 1898 | Wetzstein, A. | Rich woods. Minster, Ohio |
 | Equisetum arvense L. | 1898 | Wetzstein, A. | St. Marys. Along New Bremen railroad. |
 | Mentha aquatica L. | 1800 | Ballenstedt, B. | Bremen: An der WÅmme in Oberneuland bei Bremen |
 | Geum urbanum L. | 1883 | Baßmann | Bremen: Vegesack, feuchtes, schattiges Gehîlz bei Holthorst, sehr selten |
 | Rubus idaeus L. | 1889 | Meyerholz | Bremen: auf Quellgrund, Torf u. Humus |
 | Lobelia dortmanna L. | 1892 | Wendelken | Bremen: Bremen-Lesum, Lesum |
 | Rubus condensatus P.J.Müll. | 1892 | Elmgoeth, Fr. | Niedersachsen: Soltau in der Lüneburger Heide |
 | Equisetum hyemale L. | 1899 | Wetzstein, A. | Along R.R. to N. Bremen, St. Marys. |
 | Athyrium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) Tidestr. | 1900 | Wetzstein, A. | Moist woods 2 miles S.E. of St. Marys. |
| Osmunda regalis L. | 1900 | Wetzstein, A. | Wet woods near railroad to New Bremen about 2 miles south of town. | |
| Spizella pusilla (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1900 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | New Bremen, Ohio, USA |
All 226 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Egypt: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandwie Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fleckenstein Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fleckenstein Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minster | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| New Bremen | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lock Two | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| South Shore Acres | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Breezewood | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Harmons Landing | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Southmoor Shores | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bulkhead | 9.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056272. 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.