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Klocks Crossing, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45142. The Survey maps it on the Martinsville quadrangle.

Klocks Crossing within Clinton County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Klocks Crossing, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Klocks Crossing, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Jefferson township, in the words of 1915.

1915, Jefferson Township

Early Settlers

Samuel Jackson bears the distinction of building the first house in this township about the year 1812. Mr. Jackson had emigrated from Tennessee in the year 1800, and had settled in the eastern part of what is now Highland county, on Rocky fork. Hunting was his chief occupation and during the year 1801 he killed two panthers and quite a number of deer and bears.

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In the 1915 county history

2,916 words on this township

The county history of 1915 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 - 2,916 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 172 shown

Museums hold 172 specimens collected within 10 miles of Klocks Crossing between 1906 and 1973: 134 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 19 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Arden R. Gaufin, Borror, D.J., Braun, E. Lucy 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 Clavaria muscoides Linnaeus, 1753Clavaria muscoides Linnaeus, 17531935Cooke, William BridgeCowan Creek
Specimen of Clavaria striata Pers.Clavaria striata Pers.1935Cooke, William BridgeCowan Creek
Specimen of Clavulina coralloides (L.) J.Schröt.Clavulina coralloides (L.) J.Schröt.1935Cooke, William BridgeCowan Creek
A photograph of the species Cicada sayi, not of this specimenCicada sayi Smith & Grossbeck, 19071906W. TemplinBlanchester
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1913Braun, E. Lucy
A photograph of the species Cladonia coniocraea, not of this specimenCladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng.1923Braun, E. LucyKlock's Crossing
A photograph of the species Catharinea undulata, not of this specimenCatharinea undulata (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr1930Fulford, Margaret H.North of Westboro
A photograph of the species Helodium paludosum, not of this specimenHelodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth.1930Fulford, Margaretnorth of Westboro
A photograph of the species Plagiothecium denticulatum, not of this specimenPlagiothecium denticulatum (Hedw.) Schimp.1930Fulford, Margaretnorth of Westboro
A photograph of the species Polytrichum ohioense, not of this specimenPolytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot1930Fulford, Margaretnorth of Westboro
Tremellodendron G.F.Atk., 19021935Cooke, William BridgeCowan Creek
Cambarus diogenes Girard, 18521937F. Hazard & R. Rhoades"The Swamps" 3 mi. W. of Cuba, Vernon Township

All 172 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
Jonesboro3.2 miles11
Westboro4.2 miles14
Martinsville4.8 miles11
Midland5.2 miles14
Farmers6.0 miles11
Morrisville7.0 miles11
Cuba7.3 miles11
Wallopsburg7.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062840. 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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