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

Gernon, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Batavia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45103. It stands on Stonelick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gernon within Clermont County

Then and now

1914 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gernon (historical), surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Gernon (historical), surveyed 1914

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Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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.

In the 1891 county history

33 words on this township

The county history of 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Batavia Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Batavia Township - 33 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,811 shown

Museums hold 1,811 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gernon (historical) between 1866 and 1975: 903 Fungi, 775 Animalia, 83 Plantae, 47 Protozoa, 2 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14753, A JOHN, A JOHN AND R KNOTTS 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 Apophthisis pullata Braun, 1915Apophthisis pullata Braun, 19151929A. Braun[Not Stated]
Specimen of Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 1789Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 17891929Braun, E. LucyGoshen
A photograph of the species Galium concinnum, not of this specimenGalium concinnum Torr. & A.Gray1866Mohr, C.Bantam
A photograph of the species Asarum canadense, not of this specimenAsarum canadense L.1877Mohr, MarieClermont County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Trifolium stoloniferum, not of this specimenTrifolium stoloniferum Muhl.1877J. F. JamesMiamiville
A photograph of the species Leiothlypis peregrina, not of this specimenLeiothlypis peregrina (A.Wilson, 1811)1878Collector(s): Leonard R. FreemanLocust Corner
A photograph of the species Vireo griseus, not of this specimenVireo griseus noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)1879Freeman, L.Locust Corner, Clermont, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Geastrum lageniforme, not of this specimenGeastrum lageniforme Vittad.1882Carley S. T.
A photograph of the species Liobunum Agassiz, not of this specimenLiobunum Agassiz, 18461890[Not Stated][Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Mammuthus primigenius, not of this specimenMammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach, 1799) (fossil)1900not recorded
A photograph of the species Bufo fowleri, not of this specimenBufo fowleri Hinckley, 18821904Lindahl, J. (Joshua)Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1909Braun, E. Lucy9-mile road in Ninemile

All 1,811 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gernon (historical): 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brewer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kipp Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kipp Gravel Pit & Mill No 16Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clermont 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
Stonelick1.1 miles19
Perintown1.9 miles16
Craver2.3 miles16
Olive Branch2.5 miles19
Willowville2.6 miles19
Glen Este2.9 miles21
Glen Ridge Acres3.3 miles21
Batavia3.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065505. 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.