Holden, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45896. The Survey maps it on the Waynesfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
17 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1913 USGS Alger quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Alger quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Alger quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Alger quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Alger quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Alger quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Alger quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waynesfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
In the 1880 county history
12,567 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wayne Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wayne Township - 12,567 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 305 shownMuseums hold 305 specimens collected within 10 miles of Holden between 1896 and 1973: 269 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Clark, Clark, C. (Clarence), Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bovista pila Berk. & M.A.Curtis | 1896 | Lloyd C. G. | Mt. Lookout |
![]() | Poria tulipiferae (Schwein.) Cooke | 1896 | Lloyd C. G. | Mt. Lookout |
![]() | Irpex Fr. | 1897 | Lloyd C. G. | Mt. Lookout |
![]() | Polyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr. | 1897 | Lloyd C. G. | Mt. Lookout |
![]() | Pedicularis lanceolata Michx. | 1926 | Genevieve M Leonard; Emery C. Leonard | Chippewah Park, Indian Lake |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Indian Lake, Hatchery Pond, 0.5 mi N of Lakeview, Stokes township |
![]() | Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) | 1929 | Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | 1 1/2 mi S of Harrod, Allen Co., Ohio |
![]() | Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855) | 1929 | Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | 1 1/2 mi S of Harrod, Allen Co., Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Little Muchinippi Creek, within Stokes township, near Lakeview, Stokes township |
![]() | Hybopsis biguttatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Little Muchinippi Creek, within Stokes township, near Lakeview, Stokes township |
| Percina maculata (Girard, 1859) | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Little Muchinippi Creek, within Stokes township, near Lakeview, Stokes township | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum pullum (Agassiz, 1854) | 1942 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Wrestle Creek, Sec 11 of Union township, ~4.3 mi NW of Waynesfield, Union township |
All 305 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Waynesfield | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Rineharts (historical) | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gutman | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Uniopolis | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Johns | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Slater | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Geyer | 11.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064847. 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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