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

Hennessee, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bath Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45324. The Survey maps it on the Yellow Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hennessee within Greene County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hennessee (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hennessee (historical), surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 841 shown

Museums hold 841 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hennessee (historical) between 1839 and 1975: 615 Animalia, 124 Plantae, 95 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A JOHN, A. M. Evans 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 Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892 (fossil)1921Carl O. DunbarRR cut at new dam 4 or 5 mi E of Dayton
Specimen of Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.EvansLeiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans1922William Bayard Taylor; G. H. ConklinClifbore[sp?] Gorge
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
Phalangium esculentum Nutt.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Sagittaria sagittifolia, not of this specimenSagittaria sagittifolia L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Bidens bipinnata, not of this specimenBidens bipinnata L.1870J Y Bergen; T L BergenYellow Springs
A photograph of the species Rhynchostegium serrulatum, not of this specimenRhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger1873Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Rhytidium rugosum, not of this specimenRhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb.1873not recordedClifton
A photograph of the species Thamnobryum alleghaniense, not of this specimenThamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll.Hal.) Nieuwl.1875H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
Brachythecium laetum (Brid.) Schimp.1876not recordedClifton
Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger1876Mrs. Spence
A photograph of the species Bryum affine, not of this specimenBryum affine (Blandow ex Funck) Brid.1876Collector unspecifiedClifton

All 841 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hennessee (historical): 5 past producers, 2 plants. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fairborn Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Fairborn QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Fairborn QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Universal Atlas Cement, Div. OfStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fairborn Aggregate Plant & No.4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Fairborn Number 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fairborn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Fairborn2.0 miles16
Pleasant View2.6 miles16
Byron3.8 miles16
Five Points3.8 miles16
Wrightview4.0 miles16
Park Hills Crossing4.5 miles16
Huffeysville (historical)4.6 miles16
Simms (historical)4.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050865. 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.