Lawndale, Ohio
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Akron City. It lies in ZIP code area 44320. It stands on Mud Run. The Survey maps it on the Akron West quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 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
22 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.
- 1903 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
In the 1908 county history
22,626 words on this townshipThe county history of 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Akron City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Akron City - 22,626 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2014The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lawndale between 2014 and 2014, burning about 0 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | CANYON TRAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 810 shownMuseums hold 810 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lawndale between 1867 and 1975: 700 Animalia, 65 Plantae, 43 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. Black, A. W. Cusick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum | 1888 | Wright, A.A. | Tallmadge. |
![]() | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1889 | Foltz, Kent O. | Sand Run Park; Akron |
![]() | Asclepias verticillata L. | 1889 | not recorded | Akron |
![]() | Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1867 | Collector(s): James Lee Peters | Akron |
![]() | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs | 1880 | F. O. Payne | Akron |
![]() | Geum aleppicum Jacq. | 1887 | Elliott | Greensburg |
![]() | Geum canadense Jacq. | 1887 | Elliott | Greensburg |
![]() | Hydrastis canadensis L. | 1888 | E.L. Sturtevant II | |
![]() | Lonicera dioica L. | 1888 | K. O. Foltz | |
![]() | Penstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd. | 1888 | K. O. Foltz | |
![]() | Agrimonia gryposepala Wallr. | 1889 | Elliott | Greensburg |
![]() | Carex pensylvanica Lam. | 1889 | Foltz, K.O. | Akron |
All 810 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 11 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lawndale: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension, Cement Rock. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberton Cement Plant | Marble, Dimension, Cement Rock | Producer | ||
| Barberton Limestone Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ppg Indus Brine Wells Plant | Salt | Producer | ||
| Barberton Sand Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Barberton Sand Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Barberton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Empire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Empire Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Flesher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flesher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 Portage | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Kenmore | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Halo | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Summit Beach Park | 2.3 miles | 22 | |
| Barberton | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| West Akron | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Maple Valley | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Bates Corners | 3.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058342. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.

































