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

Glenburg, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43506. The Survey maps it on the Evansport quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Glenburg within Defiance County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenburg (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Glenburg (historical), surveyed 1907

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 197 shown

Museums hold 197 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glenburg (historical) between 1860 and 1973: 197 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bays, J. (John), Condit, J. M. (John M.), DeRoth 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 Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 18621944H. PriceMason's Beach (gravel pit) Northeast of Farmer
Specimen of Gomphus spicatus Hagen, 1854Gomphus spicatus Hagen, 18541945H. PriceKrill's Lake
A photograph of the species Moxostoma anisurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBrunersburg
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1860unknownBrunersburg
A photograph of the species Megascops asio, not of this specimenMegascops asio naevius1891J. O. Snyderunspecified
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1892J. O. Snyderunspecified
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1892J. O. Snyderunspecified
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1892J. O. Snyderunspecified
A photograph of the species Lepomis megalotis, not of this specimenLepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)1893P. KirschTiffin Rver, Brunersburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1893P. KirschTiffin River, Brunnersburg, Ohio
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 18181906Sterki, VictorDefiance
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1906Sterki, VictorDefiance(2 mi N)

All 197 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
Evansport3.3 miles11
Ney4.5 miles13
Moats7.3 miles11
Domerville (historical)7.7 miles12
Brunersburg9.0 miles12
Cooks Rolling Hills9.5 miles12
Millers Rolling Hills Estates9.5 miles12
Farmer9.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1055122. 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.

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