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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Leipsic Junction, Ohio

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45856. The Survey maps it on the Leipsic quadrangle.

Leipsic Junction within Putnam County

Then and now

1956 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Leipsic Junction, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Leipsic Junction, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 88 shown

Museums hold 88 specimens collected within 10 miles of Leipsic Junction between 1860 and 1969: 80 Animalia, 8 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, Bureau of Fisheries 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 Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1893Bureau of FisheriesBlanchard River
Specimen of Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1893not recordedBlanchard River, Ottawa
Specimen of Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)1893O. E.Blanchard River, Ottawa
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBlanchard R. at Ottawa
A photograph of the species Botaurus lentiginosus, not of this specimenBotaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Calidris alpina, not of this specimenCalidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Calidris minutilla, not of this specimenCalidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Chlidonias niger, not of this specimenChlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinula chloropus, not of this specimenGallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Sterna hirundo, not of this specimenSterna hirundo Linnaeus, 17581878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Botaurus Stephens, not of this specimenBotaurus Stephens, 18191879not recorded

All 88 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
Leipsic0.7 miles9
West Leipsic1.3 miles12
Oakdale (historical)2.1 miles10
Prentiss3.8 miles11
Belmore3.9 miles10
New Cleveland3.9 miles12
Townwood4.1 miles9
Wards (historical)4.7 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122590745The 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 1062848. 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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