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

Elroy, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45303. The Survey maps it on the Ansonia quadrangle.

Elroy within Darke County

Then and now

1953 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Elroy, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Elroy, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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 1880 county history

10,947 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 10,947 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 420 shown

Museums hold 420 specimens collected within 10 miles of Elroy between 1895 and 1975: 391 Animalia, 17 Plantae, 12 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. F. C.; Stover, W. G., Albrecht, C. 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
Specimen of Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)1942[Not Stated]Greenville Creek, 2-6 miles southeast of Union City
A photograph of the species Dispira americana, not of this specimenDispira americana Thaxt.1895Rush W. H.Greenville
A photograph of the species Clitocybe multiceps, not of this specimenClitocybe multiceps Peck1906H.J. BrememanGreenville
A photograph of the species Peziza vesiculosa, not of this specimenPeziza vesiculosa Bull.1907Lucas, CGreenville
A photograph of the species Amanita phalloides, not of this specimenAmanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr.1909A. F. C.; Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Clitocybe odora, not of this specimenClitocybe odora (Bull.) P.Kumm.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Panaeolus solidipes, not of this specimenPanaeolus solidipes (Peck) Sacc.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 1 mi E
A photograph of the species Contopus virens, not of this specimenContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 3 mi W
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.1 mi. E Ausonia
A photograph of the species Falco sparverius, not of this specimenFalco sparverius sparverius Linnaeus, 17581915Householder, V.Ansonia, 1 mi E
A photograph of the species Geothlypis trichas, not of this specimenGeothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 1 mi. E

All 420 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hetzlerville (historical)1.0 miles11
Roe Corners1.3 miles11
Hunchberger Corners2.3 miles11
Woodington2.6 miles11
Buckhorn Corner3.7 miles19
Hill Grove3.7 miles19
Ansonia3.9 miles11
Sharps Crossing4.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064619. 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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