Genntown, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Turtlecreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45036. It stands on Irons Run. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1914 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Lebanon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
In the 1882 county history
7,293 words on this townshipThe county history of 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Turtlecreek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Turtlecreek Township - 7,293 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 3,297 shownMuseums hold 3,297 specimens collected within 10 miles of Genntown between 1844 and 1975: 3,138 Animalia, 92 Fungi, 54 Plantae, 11 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin, A.C. Borror 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 bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1892 | H. Smith | Creek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon |
![]() | Polyporus dryophilus Berk. | 1844 | Lea T. G. | Waynesville |
![]() | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1862 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Little Miami Riv., Warren Co. |
![]() | Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1862 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Little Miami Riv., Warren Co. |
![]() | Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) | 1879 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Little Miami Riv., Warren Co. |
![]() | Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) | 1879 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Great Miami Riv. |
![]() | Saponaria officinalis L. | 1881 | not recorded | Lebanon |
![]() | Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium | 1884 | Bennett, F.G. | Lebanon |
![]() | Agrostemma githago L. | 1884 | Bennerht, F.G. | Lebanon |
![]() | Anthemis cotula L. | 1884 | Bennett, F.G. | [Lebanon] |
![]() | Asclepias syriaca L. | 1884 | Berrerlt, F.G. | near Lebanon |
![]() | Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br. | 1884 | not recorded | Lebanon |
All 3,297 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Genntown: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeze Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2012The National Weather Service names Genntown in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Genntown | $10,000 | The tornado touched down and uprooted or snapped about 10 to 15 trees. Minor structural damage also occurred. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum estimated wind speed of this tornado was 80 miles per hour. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Genntown | $3,000 | Wires were downed along U.S. 42. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lelan (historical) | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lebanon | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Dodds | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Utica | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Merrittstown | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pekin | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kitchener (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Avalon Heights | 3.6 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Genntown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888529 | The 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 1064711. 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.
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.


























