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Leesville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44827. It stands on Allen Run. The Survey maps it on the North Robinson quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1915 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bucyrus quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS North Robinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS North Robinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS North Robinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS North Robinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
11,610 words on this townshipHistory of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
ELIAS McCLURE, farmer ; P. 0. Gallon ; was born in Richland Co., Ohio, in 1828, and is a son of John J. and Esther McClure. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania, and father, of Washington Co., Md. The father went to Pennsylvania, where he was married and where he resided until about 1828, when they came to Richland Co., Ohio, and in about 1829, came to Crawford Co. The father entered land in what was then Jackson Township, now Jefferson, which he cleared and improved, and where he resided for about sixteen years, when he purchased a piece of land near Leesville, in the same township, where he died in
Passage source: History of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881.
, ville ; was born in Crawford Co. in 1841 ; son of Dr. John McKean, who came from Columbiana Co. to Crawforil in about 1835, and settled at Leesville, where he practiced medicine for a great many years. The father now lives in Crestline, where he is also j'et practicing medicine. The subject of this sketch spent his j'outh and early manhood with his parents, and has the advantage of a good education. He is of a family of nine children, four of whom are now dead. He was married in 1863, to Wilimina Smith ; she was born in Perry Co., Penn., in 1841, and came to Crawford Co. with her parents in about 1858, Her parents settled near Leesville, where they lived and died. From this union, there are three children - Beulah B., Harry L. and Bertram S. The mother of these children died in February, 1880. Mr. McKean has always followed farming and stock-growing for a business. He and family are members of the United Brethren Church.
Passage source: History of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Jefferson Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 134 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 134 specimens collected within 10 miles of Leesville between 1842 and 1973: 111 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Beal, L. E., Benjamin, J. R., Chase, H. (Hazel) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1842 | William S. Sullivant | |
 | Peronospora sordida Berk. & Broome | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley |
 | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley; 40.761724 -82.873517 |
 | Cirriphyllum piliferum (Hedw.) Grout | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | |
 | Drepanocladus polycarpos (Blandow ex Voit) Warnst. | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | |
 | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1844 | not recorded | |
 | Stereum lobatum (Kunze ex Fr.) Fr. | 1897 | W.A. Kellerman | |
 | Stereum versicolor (Sw.) Fr., 1838 | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | Galion. |
 | Gymnoconia interstitialis (Schltdl.) Lagerh. | 1906 | Hieber Christina | Bucyrus |
 | Puccinia chrysanthemi Roze | 1922 | Orewiler Henry | Tiro |
 | Lythrurus fasciolaris (Gilbert, 1891) | 1927 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township |
 | Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865) | 1927 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township |
All 134 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leesville: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Crawford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leesville in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2013: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Leesville | $200,000 | The severe storms and heavy rains which hit Galion from Wednesday night and early Thursday morning caused more than $200,000 in damages in Galion. $100,000 in damages occurred to the Gospel Baptist Church. City firefighters evacuated seven residents on Sixth Avenue when knee-high flood waters rose around 11 p.m. at the single-story apartments. A residence on Grant Street flooded, leaving the home a total loss, according to Galion Police Department. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Leesville | $35,000 | Widespread flood was occurring across the county with the worst conditions in Crestline after an estimated four inches of rain fell in 4 hours. Six homes and one business along Front Street had flood waters into the first floor. Several Streets were closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Crestline | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Biddle (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| North Robinson | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Galion | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| West Liberty | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Valley Court | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Olentangy Estates | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Leesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17031248 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064982. 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.
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.