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Lisbon, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harmony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45368. The Survey maps it on the South Charleston quadrangle.

Lisbon within Clark 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 Lisbon, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lisbon, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

In the county-history sources

50,366 words on this township

The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Harmony Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

This excellent flouring-mill is on the line of the N. Y., P. & O. Railroad, three and a half miles west of Springfield, and on the right bank of Mad River. It was erected in 1831-32, by Peter Sintz, Sr., and was improved in 1880 by J. & S. Arthur, the present owners. Mr. Sintz managed the milling business here nearly twenty years, and then leased it to George Grisso for five years. The Atlantic & Great Western Railway Company (N. Y., P. & O.) then purchased it of Sintz about the year 1804. It was subsequently sold at Sheriff's sale, and was purchased by George Grisso for $6,500. Grisso ran the business till 1879, when Joseph Arthur became the owner, and in a short time was succeeded by his two sons, J. & S. Arthur. The building is six stories high, forty by sixty feet in size, uses two American turbine wheels, and is valued at $8,000. Does all kinds of custom work. J. & S. Arthur, proprietors, Springfield, Ohio.

Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881.

This burial-place was laid out by John Snodgrass about 1820, and is located on Section 11, nearly four miles east of Springfield, and 200 yards north of the National road, on a bluff near the left of Beaver Creek. It is well inclosed but somewhat neglected in other respects, and the following list tells of pioneers who have found here their "six feet of earth."

Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, published 1881.

Herbert W. Huffman, died October, 1820, aged thirty-three; Sarah Huff- . man, died March, 1842, aged fifty-two; Silvanus Tuttle, died January, 1843, aged eighty-two; Mary Tuttle, died May, 1848, aged eighty-five; Luke Byrd, died August 31, 1828, aged fifty-five; Catharine Byrd, September, 1835; John D. Jenkins, died March, 1848, aged eighty-two; William Beesley, died January, 1825, aged fifty-one; Mary Tuttle, died May, 1856, aged seventy-two. Quite a number of graves of those buried in the early years of the history of this ceme- . tery are unmarked by any memorial.

Passage source: The History of Clark County Ohio,, 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 Harmony Township - it names this place 24 more 24 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 363 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 363 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lisbon between 1870 and 1974: 283 Animalia, 61 Plantae, 19 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Leeds, A. R. Boone, B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward 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 Mannia triandra (Scop.) GrolleMannia triandra (Scop.) Grolle1877J. E. Biddlecome
Specimen of Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) RaddiReboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi1877J. E. Biddlecome
Specimen of Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh.1916W.G. Stover; E.C. Leonardnear Springfield
A photograph of the species Bryhnia graminicolor, not of this specimenBryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout1870J. W. Eckfeldtnear Springfield
A photograph of the species Bryum pseudotriquetrum, not of this specimenBryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Hygroamblystegium tenax, not of this specimenHygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Schwetschkeopsis denticulata, not of this specimenSchwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Asterella tenella, not of this specimenAsterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv.1871Hannah J. BiddlecomeSpringfield
A photograph of the species Atrichum angustatum, not of this specimenAtrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.1871Hannah J. BiddlecomeSpringfield
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1875Hannah J. BiddlecomeSpringfield
A photograph of the species Aulacomnium heterostichum, not of this specimenAulacomnium heterostichum (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.1876Hannah J. BiddlecomeSpringfield
A photograph of the species Cratoneuron filicinum, not of this specimenCratoneuron filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce1876Hannah J. BiddlecomeSpringfield

All 363 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
South Charleston2.5 miles12
Plattsburg2.7 miles12
Dolly Varden3.3 miles12
Thorps4.0 miles14
Oxtoby (historical)4.3 miles14
Hollandia View4.4 miles14
South Vienna4.7 miles12
Harmony5.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048922. 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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