Havens, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43420. The Survey maps it on the Fremont West quadrangle.

Havens within Sandusky County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Havens, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Havens, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed 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.

1901 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Fremont West quadrangle1:24000
1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Fremont West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Jackson township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 - Jackson Township

The Last Bear

The last of the tribe of bruin seen in this township was shot in the fall of 1833 by Mr. Zimmerman, who lived on Muskallonge. This species of forest inhabitant prefer hills and clear, flowing, rapid currents, and were consequently infrequent visitors of this flat country. Now and then one, however, sought refuge in the deep shade of this impenetrable forest, and having sought out some hollow tree or stump, lived a quiet life.

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In the county-history sources

20,907 words on this township

History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Michael and Eleanor Shawl emigrated to Ohio in 1822 and settled in Seneca county. Two years later they removed to Sandusky township, this county, but made final settlement in Jackson, in 1832. Seven children of the family are living viz: Margaret (Remsburg), Illinois; Elizabeth (Michaels), Indiana; Sophia (Remsburg), Seneca county ; George W., Jackson township, Vincent, Illinois; Melissa (Vandersall), Seneca county, and Caroline (Overmyer), Scott township. George W. Shawl was born in Sandusky township in 1832. He married in 1854, Mahala Havens. The fruit of this union was six children, five of whom are living. John W., Alamina, Birchard, Hattie, and Edwin. Caroline Shawl was born in 1843. She was married to Benjamin Franklin Overmyer in 1862. Their family consists of two children living - WiUiam G. and Hattie. B. F. Overmyer died in February, 1879, aged thirty-nine years. He was a son of Hugh and Eleanor Overmyer, of Jackson township. His mother is still living in Huron county.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

Hugh Mitchel, a brother-in-law of Eewis Overmyer, came in about the same time. He was one of the most useful men of the times. His presence seemed necessary at every log-rolling and raising, where, all recognizing his superior tact, placed themselves under his command. His familiar voice sounding the "Heave, oh, heave" had a peculiar inspiring effect. He was not one of those rural generals who insulted a jolly crowd by imperious commands, but always with a good natured "Come on, boys," led the way. Nor did he ever refuse the heaviest handspike. But an untimely death deprived the community of his services. While holding the handspike he called out, "Take care of me," and in a few minutes expired. His son, William Mitchel, is still a resident of the township. He was born in Perry county, in 1832, and in 1850 married Sarah J. Stewart. The fruit of this union was five children, two of whom are living - -Charles E. and Austin. Mr. Mitchel served in this township as trustee a number of years.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

Andrew Svvickard was brought with his parents from Washington county, Pennsylvania, to Franklin county, Ohio, when he was quite young. In 1833 he made an improvement in Jackson, and removed here with his family. The first campmeeting in the township was held on his farm. He died in 1849. Of a family of four children but one is still living. Daniel, the second child, was born in Franklin county in 1824. He married Harriet Metzger, who died in 1850. He married in 185 1, for his second wife, Sarah A. Garn, who was born in Washington township in 1834. His family consisted of eleven -children, seven of whom are still living. Their names are as follows : Marietta (Vandersall), Jackson; Huldah (Cramer), Fremont; and a son who died an infant. These were by Mr. Swickard's first wife. By his second wife: Margaret M. (Havens), Jackson; Perry D., Scott; Elba J., Jackson; Isaac, died, aged eight years; Eli, Jackson; Deborah (Dudgeon), Scott; Clark died at the age of two months and seventeen days; and another son died in infancy.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

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 Jackson Township - it names this place 6 more 6 times.

Fires near this place

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Havens in 2002, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
25 February 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
27 January 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandusky County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 345 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 345 specimens collected within 10 miles of Havens between 1880 and 1975: 313 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 13 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams J. M. B., Adams J. M. R., Albertin 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Adiantum pedatum L.	1880	Keeler, L.E.	Fremont.
Lepiota morganii (Peck) Sacc.	1896	Day	Fremont
Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829)	1914	Anson A. Hinkley	Sandusky River, Fremont, North America
Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789	1880	not recorded	Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 1862	1881	not recorded	Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Carex frankii Kunth	1889	H. C. Beardslee	Green Spring.
Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott	1890	H. C. Beardslee Sr.	Green Springs
Carex haleana Olney	1890	H. C. Beardslee Jr.	Green Spring
Carex hyalinolepis Steud.	1890	Collector unknown	Green Spring.
Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)	1890	Harry S. Day	Fremont
Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)	1891	Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)	Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841)	1891	not recorded	Fremont

All 345 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Havens: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gottron Brothers Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Gottron Brothers Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
J E Baker Co Ohio Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Je Baker/ Millersville, Ohio	Calcium	Producer
Ohio Quarry	Calcium	Past Producer	Calcite

Every working recorded in Sandusky 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Gabels Corner	1.5 miles	13
Winters Station	3.0 miles	13
Ballville	3.5 miles	13
Stony Prairie	3.7 miles	13
Burgoon	4.1 miles	12
Fourmile House Corner	4.7 miles	13
Millersville	4.7 miles	12
Fremont	4.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062807. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.