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

Hedington Corners, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Hilliar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43011. The Survey maps it on the Centerburg quadrangle.

Hedington Corners within Knox County

Then and now

1915 to 1966

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hedington Corners, surveyed 1966
Topographic sheet of Hedington Corners, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 1862 county history

14,774 words on this township

The county history of 1862 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Hilliar Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hilliar Township - 14,774 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 367 shown

Museums hold 367 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hedington Corners between 1835 and 1974: 350 Animalia, 14 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. P. Morgan; Ellis, Adler, K. K. 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 Fusicladium Bonord.Fusicladium Bonord.1883W. A. Kellermann
Specimen of Phyllosticta lappae Sacc.Phyllosticta lappae Sacc.1883W. A. Kellermann
Specimen of Phyllosticta persicae Sacc.Phyllosticta persicae Sacc.1883W. A. Kellermann
A photograph of the species Polystichum acrostichoides, not of this specimenPolystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, s.loc.
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1863not recordedUSA, NNO-, OHIO*, GHOTA RIVER ,
Specimen of Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819Septoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. Kellermann
Specimen of Bovistella MorganBovistella Morgan1885A. P. Morgan
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1888No Person (Birds)
Specimen of Hypoxylon papillatum Ellis & Everh.Hypoxylon papillatum Ellis & Everh.1896A. P. Morgan; EllisPreston
Specimen of Hypoxylon punctulatum (Berk. & Ravenel) CookeHypoxylon punctulatum (Berk. & Ravenel) Cooke1896A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Stereum bicolor (Pers.) Fr.Stereum bicolor (Pers.) Fr.1896C. G. Lloyd
A photograph of the species Hypoxylon howeianum, not of this specimenHypoxylon howeianum Peck1905A. P. Morgan

All 367 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
Centerburg1.2 miles10
Rich Hill2.1 miles10
Myers Corners4.3 miles10
Mount Liberty5.7 miles10
Milfordton6.1 miles10
Five Corners6.7 miles10
Dalrymple Corners9.3 miles11
Bangs9.4 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122598101The 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 1075218. 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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