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Kemp, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Amanda Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45806. The Survey maps it on the Cridersville quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 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
14 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.
- 1906 USGS Lima quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Lima quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Cridersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Cridersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Cridersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
14,121 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Amanda Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Methodist Episcopal Society was founded here at an early date, but the question of building a house of worship was not entertained until 1847-48, when a church building was erected on Section 24, at a cost of $1,000. The Methodists have two church buildings at present
Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885.
The village of Amanda was platted in 1832 by Samuel Washburn, who married the widow of Andrew BusselL Armstrong Village may be said to date from 1842, when the flouring-mill was erected at that point by Tone & Co. The location on the southwest bank of the Auglaize is pleasant Southwprth, a little postal town in the northwest quarter of the township, is on the Miami & Erie Canal and Delphos & Indianapolis B. B.
Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 328 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 328 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kemp between 1893 and 1975: 309 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by *ood, Almen N., Adler, K. K., Amstutz, 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1908 | not recorded | Auglaize River, Defiance |
 | Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) | 1908 | Bureau of Fisheries | Auglaize River, Defiance |
 | Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1908 | not recorded | Auglaize River, Defiance |
 | Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | 1893 | PH Kirsch | Sugar Creek, 2 miles north of Lima; Maumee River dr. |
 | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Lost Creek, Lima, Ohio |
 | Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Amanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc. | 1902 | C. W. Dawson | Lima |
 | Amanita rubescens Pers. | 1902 | C. W. Dawson | Lima |
 | Amanita vaginata (Bull.) Lam. | 1902 | C. W. Dawson | Lima |
All 328 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kemp in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | $50,000 | Numerous reports of trees down and even Powerlines down around the county, including line down on SR 117 between Spencerville and Lima. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kemp | - | A trained spotter reported power lines down across Agether Road, east of Kemp Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakview | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Allentown | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Conant | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hunters Chase | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hume | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Elida | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Elmview | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hartford (historical) | 4.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061138. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.