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

Harrisport, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Paris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44444. The Survey maps it on the Windham quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Harrisport within Portage County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harrisport (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Harrisport (historical), surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1885 county history

4,073 words on this township

The county history of 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Paris Township covers good land with a bad xame, slow settlement, organization, ciicrches and schools, some first events, notable happenings.

Read the chapter on Paris Township - 4,073 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 333 shown

Museums hold 333 specimens collected within 10 miles of Harrisport (historical) between 1884 and 1975: 249 Animalia, 76 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, Andre F. Clewell 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 Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1884G. DeanGarretsville
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1904Rood, Almon N.; Roscoe J. WebbFreedom Twp
Specimen of Hypoxylon glomeratum CookeHypoxylon glomeratum Cooke1920C. G. LloydLloyd
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Melanerpes carolinus, not of this specimenMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Collector(s): S. N. DentonWindham
A photograph of the species Ambystoma maculatum, not of this specimenAmbystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)1893not recordedGarrettsville
A photograph of the species Entodon seductrix, not of this specimenEntodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.1899W. A. KellermanEdinburgh
A photograph of the species Gomphus exilis, not of this specimenGomphus exilis Selys, 18541900E. Williamson[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Chrysosplenium americanum, not of this specimenChrysosplenium americanum Schwein. ex Hook.1901Webb, R.J.Freedom
A photograph of the species Huperzia lucidula, not of this specimenHuperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevis.1904Webb, R.J.Garrettsville
Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium W.P.C.Barton1904Webb, R.J.Newels Ledge
Plantago aristata Michx.1904Webb, R.J.Nelson Twp

All 333 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harrisport (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Portage 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
McClintocksburg0.9 miles13
Paris2.4 miles13
Pritchard3.3 miles13
Wayland3.6 miles13
Windham4.2 miles13
Greenleafs Corners (historical)5.3 miles13
Flicks Corners5.7 miles14
Mahoning5.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067187. 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.