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

Gretna, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43311. It stands on Blue Jacket Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bellefontaine quadrangle.

Gretna within Logan County

Then and now

1913 to 1992

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 Gretna, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Gretna, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 888 shown

Museums hold 888 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gretna between 1862 and 1975: 852 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. D. Selby, A. R. Gaufin 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 Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.1911Errard P.Bellefontaine
Specimen of Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861)Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861)1930E. Williamson & et al.[Not Stated]
Specimen of Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1937Brooks; Barghoorn. Howard.Soringhills, Harison, OH. Ohio bog
A photograph of the species Carex buxbaumii, not of this specimenCarex buxbaumii Wahlenb.1862W. M. CanbyBelfontaine.
A photograph of the species Nasturtium officinale, not of this specimenNasturtium officinale R.Br.1862W. M. CanbyBellefontaine
A photograph of the species Protographium marcellus, not of this specimenProtographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777)1869not recordedBellefontaine
A photograph of the species Otus asio, not of this specimenOtus asio naevius (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1874Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten)Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Solenostoma crenuliforme, not of this specimenSolenostoma crenuliforme (Austin) Steph.1877not recorded
A photograph of the species Gallinago delicata, not of this specimenGallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)1889McCormick, L. M.Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)1889McCormick, L. M.Beaver Creek, Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dendroica virens, not of this specimenDendroica virens virens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1891McCormick, L. M.Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lampropeltis triangulum, not of this specimenLampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789)1893not recordedLogan Co., Ohio

All 888 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gretna: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Neers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Neers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
McMorran3.0 miles16
Logansville3.8 miles16
De Graff3.9 miles16
Mount Tabor (historical)4.1 miles16
Bellefontaine5.3 miles17
Lewistown5.4 miles16
Iron City5.5 miles17
Southtowne Meadows5.6 miles17

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 GretnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133791The 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 1064767. 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.