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.
Then and now
1956 to 1986The 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.


On record in Leipsic Junction
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John Edwards Houselisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Leipsic City Halllisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed 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.
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Leipsic quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 88 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1893 | Bureau of Fisheries | Blanchard River |
![]() | Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | not recorded | Blanchard River, Ottawa |
![]() | Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) | 1893 | O. E. | Blanchard River, Ottawa |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1860 | unknown | Blanchard R. at Ottawa |
![]() | Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) | 1878 | not recorded | |
![]() | Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Botaurus Stephens, 1819 | 1879 | not 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leipsic | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| West Leipsic | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oakdale (historical) | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Prentiss | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Belmore | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| New Cleveland | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Townwood | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wards (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q122590745 | 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 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.
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.















