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

Macedonia, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Morgan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45053. It stands on Liebrook Hill. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle.

Macedonia within Butler County

Then and now

1915 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Macedonia, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Macedonia, surveyed 1915

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Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

16,590 words on this township

A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Morgan Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Michael McCarty was the first blacksmith in this region. His shop was on the Indiana side, near the foot of the hill. He was here again some ten or twelve years after he first left. Joshua Nye had the second shop, opposite Jeremiah Conn's present residence.

Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

The probabilities are that the Okeana Church was organized at the residence of old Peter Youmans, who resided at that time on Paddy's Run, above New London, near the Brookville road. One authority says, preaching was held at Mr. Carmack's before Youmans's was made a regular place-of worship. The Church, at that time, 1817, went by the name of the Ephraim Carmack Society. In 1829 the place of worship was changed to the house of Peter Youmans, one mile north-west of New London. In 1849 the place of worship-was removed to Hickory Chapel. In 1851 a subscription was taken to build a church in Okeana. The house was built and dedicated in 1853. M. Kauffman was the pastor in charge. On the day of dedication, the Rey. Thomas A. Goodwin, of Brookville, Indiana, delivered the discourse. The Hickory Chapel Society was then removed to Okeana, and since has been known as the Okeana Society. In 1857 a powerful revival was conducted under the Rev. M. Bitler and the Rey. D. Griffis.

Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.

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 Morgan Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 81 specimens collected within 10 miles of Macedonia between 1891 and 1974: 68 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin 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
A photograph of the species Botaurus Stephens, not of this specimenBotaurus Stephens, 18191891J. S. LigonRoss Lake
A photograph of the species Lampsilis radiata, not of this specimenLampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1901Sterki, VictorHamilton
A photograph of the species Bacidia inundata, not of this specimenBacidia inundata (Fr.) Körb.1909Bruce Fink
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 18501927Stace, J. B.Paddys Run, within Morgan township, near Layhigh, Morgan township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Indian Creek, within Reily township, near Reily, Reily township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Indian Creek, just north of Reily, ~0.2 mi N of Reily, Reily township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma variatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma variatum Kirtland, 18401928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Indian Creek, within Reily township, near Reily, Reily township
A photograph of the species Hybopsis Agassiz, not of this specimenHybopsis Agassiz, 18541928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Great Miami River, at Venice, at Ross OH, southern Ross Township
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1928not recordedGreat Miami River, no more precise locality data, at Ross OH, Colerain Township
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Indian Creek, within Reily township, near Reily, Reily township
Pimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 18201928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Great Miami River, at Venice, at Ross OH, southern Ross Township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Indian Creek, within Reily township, near Reily, Reily township

All 81 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
Okeana1.5 miles15
Alert2.0 miles15
Newkirk4.0 miles12
Saint Charles4.1 miles14
Shandon4.6 miles14
Layhigh5.4 miles14
Auburn5.8 miles14
Bunker Hill6.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062869. 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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