BlockGranger, Ohio
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Granger Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44256. It lies near Reeds Hill. The Survey maps it on the West Richfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 printed 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.
- 1903 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
17,890 words on this townshipPioneer History of Medina County, published 1861 names this settlement in its chapter on Granger Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
I was born February 20, 1794, at the Great Bend of the Susquehanna, N. Y. In 1797, my father, William, sold, and removed from New York to Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, near Redstone Old Fort. In 1801, he became the owner of two hundred acres of land in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, by virtue of a soldier's right. In April, 1802, he moved there. Provisions were then scarce and costly. Often he was forced to leave home and work for means to supply his family. Once, when leaving, my mother made the inquiry with anxiety what should she do if provisions were exhausted before his return ? I give his answer:" There is a half barrel of bran ; sift it and make bread of it. When that is gone, go to the potatoe patch and dig out the old potatoes without disturbing the roots, boil them and use them with milk. When they are gone, follow the cows in the woods, see whaf herbs they eat, pick of the same, boil them and eat that with milk." Having gone forty miles, secured employment and got paid in corn, he joyfully returned with his hard earnings. A tree was cut down, a hole burned in the stump, a sprirg-pole erected, by means of which the corn was pounded and made ready for use, and in that way fed seven in the family.
Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.
When ten years old, I was in the absence of my father, compelled to chop and prepare fuel. I had no shoes to wear in the winter season. To keep my feet from freezing I heated a board at the fire, carried out, stood on it when chopping. When it became cold I brought it in, heated it, and in that way made it answer for shoes and stockings.
Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.
In progress of time, rights to land were often in dispute, and among the unlucky, it was discovered that my father had settled on the wrong piece. Though he had made an opening, erected his cabin and settled down, as he then supposed, for years, another Soldier's Bight lawfully claimed the land, and he was forced to give up possession.
Passage source: Pioneer History of Medina County, published 1861.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Granger Township - it names this place 42 more 42 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 329 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 329 specimens collected within 10 miles of Granger between 1884 and 1975: 292 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea, Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | not recorded | |
 | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1894 | Watson, J.R. | Medina Co. |
 | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
 | Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | unknown | Medina |
 | Halictus confusus confusus | 1885 | H. E. Summers | Medina |
| Mougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Plum Creek | |
 | Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea | The Western Reserve. Brunswick |
 | Culicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
 | Hinea Townsend, 1916 | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
 | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Brunswick |
 | Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. | 1898 | Illegible collector name | Medina |
 | Tabanus pruniosus Hine, 1900 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Medina |
All 329 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Granger: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piqua Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sharon Center Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granger in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $400,000 | A newspaper article reported that numerous trees were downed in Granger Township. Some of the fallen trees landed on homes causing damage. One farm in the township suffered damage as a barn had much of its roof blown off causing substantial damage. A grain dryer was knocked over as well. Many roads in the township were impassable from the fallen trees. There were a few reports of power outages. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Granger | $40,000 | Heavy rainfall near the Summit/Medina County line caused damage to a home in Wadsworth. A rain gauge just north of Wadsworth recorded 3.85 of rainfall for the day of the event. The resultant runoff from the rains that day overwhelmed a clogged storm drain which severely damaged a Wadsworth home causing their basement wall to collapse. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $25,000 | Several trees fell on power lines knocking power out to over 5,000 people. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple trees in Granger Township. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Granger | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree along Dunsha Road. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Granger | - | A trained weather spotter reported nickel size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngs Corners | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Coddingville | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Remsen Corners | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Windfall | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon Center | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Weymouth | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Buzzard Roost | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Boneta | 4.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064747. 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.