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

Hillcrest, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43543. The Survey maps it on the Montpelier quadrangle.

Hillcrest within Williams County

Then and now

1914 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hillcrest, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Hillcrest, surveyed 1914

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 1905 county history

4,637 words on this township

The county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 4,637 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 213 shown

Museums hold 213 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hillcrest between 1890 and 1974: 212 Animalia, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Barnes, T. N., Bauer, L. 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 Gomphus exilis Selys, 1854Gomphus exilis Selys, 18541946H. PriceNorthwest Township, Nettle Creek
Specimen of Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1948Kansas UniversitySt. Joseph River, Florence
A photograph of the species Plowrightia morbosa, not of this specimenPlowrightia morbosa (Schwein.) Sacc.1890Woodard EdwinStryker
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1893P. KirschTiffin River, West Unity, Ohio
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger Linnaeus, 17581926Collector(s): unknownNo specific locality recorded
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541927Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Near Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011927Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Near Stryker, Williams Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Sturnus vulgaris, not of this specimenSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 17581927Price, H. (Homer)Evansport, Williams, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Mill Creek, within Ex east Mill Creek township, near Alvordton, Mill Creek township
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Creek, within Bridgewater township, near Montpelier, Bridgewater township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Creek, within Bridgewater township, near Montpelier, Bridgewater township
A photograph of the species Micropterus salmoides, not of this specimenMicropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Creek, within Bridgewater township, near Montpelier, Bridgewater township

All 213 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 Hillcrest: 2 past producers. None of them 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
Dennis Winzler Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tri-State Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Williams 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
West Jefferson1.4 miles13
Holiday City1.8 miles13
Jefferson Estates2.0 miles14
Baldwin (historical)2.1 miles14
Maplecrest2.6 miles13
Deer Lick (historical)2.9 miles13
Montpelier3.6 miles13
Kunkle4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1041588. 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.