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Ferristown, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45107. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle.

Ferristown within Brown County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ferristown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ferristown, surveyed 1917

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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 127 shown

Museums hold 127 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ferristown between 1932 and 1973: 76 Fungi, 50 Animalia, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Arden R. Gaufin, Braun, E. Lucy, Bruce Menzel; F. Menzel 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 Cladonia ciliata, not of this specimenCladonia ciliata var. tenuis (Flörke) Ahti1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
A photograph of the species Cladonia coniocraea, not of this specimenCladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng.1932Fulford, Margaret Hannahnear Vera Cruz
A photograph of the species Cladonia cristatella, not of this specimenCladonia cristatella Tuck.1932Fulford, Margaret Hannahnear Vera Cruz
A photograph of the species Cladonia cylindrica, not of this specimenCladonia cylindrica (A.Evans) A.Evans1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
A photograph of the species Cladonia furcata, not of this specimenCladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad., 17941932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
A photograph of the species Cladonia grayi, not of this specimenCladonia grayi G.Merr. ex Sandst.1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
A photograph of the species Cladonia peziziformis, not of this specimenCladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R.Laundon1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
A photograph of the species Cladonia piedmontensis, not of this specimenCladonia piedmontensis G.K.Merr.1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
Cladonia ramulosa (With.) J.R.Laundon1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
Cladonia subcariosa Nyl.1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer.1932Braun, E. Lucynear Vera Cruz
Cladonia apodocarpa Robb.1934Fulford, Margaret HannahQuinn School

All 127 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
Saint Martin2.2 miles11
Fayetteville3.4 miles11
Vera Cruz4.9 miles11
Chasetown5.2 miles11
Upper Fivemile8.0 miles13
Kirbyville8.1 miles11
Fivemile9.0 miles13
Bloom Rose (historical)9.9 miles13

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 Q122593092The 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 1064649. 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.