Foraker, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lynn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45812. It stands on McCoy Run. The Survey maps it on the Foraker quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
11 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.
- 1915 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Kenton quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Foraker quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Foraker quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
In the 1883 county history
8,809 words on this townshipThe county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Lynn Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Lynn Township - 8,809 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 429 shownMuseums hold 429 specimens collected within 10 miles of Foraker between 1885 and 1973: 200 Protozoa, 168 Animalia, 33 Plantae, 27 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. P. Morgan, A. P. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago tritici (Bjerk.) Rostr. | 1923 | W.G. Stover | Kenton |
![]() | Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830) | 1939 | J. Pelton | Pond near Kenton |
![]() | unnamed | 1942 | ? | |
![]() | Bovistella radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Pat. | 1885 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers.) Murrill | 1886 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Craterium leucocephalum (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Ditmar, 1813 | 1888 | Morgan, A. P. | Ohio: Preston |
![]() | Diderma floriforme (Bull.) Pers., 1794 | 1888 | not recorded | Ohio: Preston |
![]() | Calonema aureum Morgan, 1893 | 1889 | Morgan, A. P.; Preston, O. | |
| Tapesia derelicta Morgan | 1889 | A. P. Morgan | Preston | |
| Metatrichia vesparia (Batsch) Nann.-Bremek. ex G.W.Martin & Alexop., 1969 | 1890 | Morgan, A. P.; Preston,O. | ||
| Physarum serpula Morgan, 1896 | 1892 | Morgan A. P. | United States-- Ohio, Preston | |
| Trichia favoginea (Batsch) Pers., 1794 | 1892 | Morgan, A. P. | Ohio: Preston |
All 429 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2012The National Weather Service names Foraker in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Foraker | $5,000 | A property sustained minor roof damage and also had multiple trees uprooted. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Foraker | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGuffey | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Walton | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Huntersville | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jump | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Quickstep | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Blocktown (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont Court | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Jumbo | 5.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064663. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.


















