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

Follmer, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blue Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45851. It stands on Cunningham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Latty quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Follmer within Paulding County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Follmer (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Follmer (historical), surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 1,092 shown

Museums hold 1,092 specimens collected within 10 miles of Follmer (historical) between 1909 and 1973: 1,092 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., C L CLARK FROM HOMER PRICE, CLARENCE CLARK 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 Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)1943H. PricePaulding Township, Baily gravel pit
Specimen of Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 18621943H. PriceKlinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township
A photograph of the species Tyrannus tyrannus, not of this specimenTyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)1909Collector(s): Harold H. BaileyPayne
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1910Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1912Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Geothlypis trichas, not of this specimenGeothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Passerherbulus henslowii, not of this specimenPasserherbulus henslowii (Audubon, 1829)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pooecetes gramineus, not of this specimenPooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Actitis macularius, not of this specimenActitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081916Price, H. (Homer)Payne within corporation, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bubo virginianus, not of this specimenBubo virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio

All 1,092 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Follmer (historical): 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Haviland Clay MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Haviland Clay MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Paulding County

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
Haviland1.0 miles12
Dague2.1 miles12
Latty3.9 miles12
Briceton4.2 miles12
Tipton4.4 miles12
Broughton4.8 miles12
Worstville5.5 miles12
Hedges5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1074238. 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.