Farnham, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 43516. The Survey maps it on the Deshler quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1956 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 30 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
10 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.
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Deshler quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Deshler quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Deshler quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 129 shownMuseums hold 129 specimens collected within 10 miles of Farnham (historical) between 1893 and 1975: 123 Animalia, 6 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Creamer, D., Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.) & Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.), E L MOSELEY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cambarus rusticus Girard, 1852 | 1893 | United States Fish Commission | Beaver Creek, Grand Rapids |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | PH Kirsch | Beaver Creek, from mouth (at Maumee) up for 3 mi; near Grand Rapids; Maumee River dr |
![]() | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1918 | E L MOSELEY | MILTON TWP |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum pullum (Agassiz, 1854) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
![]() | Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
![]() | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
![]() | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
![]() | Fundulus diaphanus menona Jordan & Copeland, 1877 | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Middle Branch Portage River, within Liberty township, near Rudolph, Liberty township |
![]() | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
![]() | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1930 | MB Trautman | Yellow Creek, trib of Beaver Creek, center of Milton Twp |
All 129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custar | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Milton Center | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hoytville | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Haney (historical) | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wingston | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Weston | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Denver | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Digby | 10.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062469. 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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