Manara, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43145. It stands on Dews Run. The Survey maps it on the New Holland quadrangle. It stands 2,949 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 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
11 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.
- 1906 USGS Mt Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Holland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Holland quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Holland quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,862 words on this townshipHistory of Fayette County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914 names this settlement in its chapter on Marion Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The only villages in this township are Manara, a mere hamlet, and a part of New Holland, the greater portion of which is situated in Pickaway county. The Pennsylvania railroad runs through this township from Washington C. H. to the northeast, with New Holland as a station point, on the county line. Manara is situated on the Bloomingburg and New Holland pike.
Passage source: History of Fayette County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 186 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 186 specimens collected within 10 miles of Manara between 1907 and 1974: 180 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bowles, P. (Pearl), Brubaker, J. A. & Higgins, Brubaker, J. A. & Link, B. 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) | 1965 | H. Althearn | Deer Creek, 3.8 Mile NNE Of Pancoastburg |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Fairview, Fayette, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Falco rusticolus obsoletus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1907 | Hegler, A. (Almer) | Washington C.H., Fayette, Ohio, USA |
| Tiphiidae | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Madison, Fayette Co., Ohio, USA | |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1926 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | water unknown, #10 Fayette Co, n/a, township n/a |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio |
![]() | Erimyzon oblongus (Mitchill, 1814) | 1930 | MB Trautman | North Fork of Paint Creek, Center of Madison Twp |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1930 | MB Trautman | North Fork of Paint Creek, Center of Madison Twp |
All 186 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manara in 1 storm report between 2017 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manara | $5,000 | A barn was destroyed on Bloomingburg New Holland Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pancoastburg | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Madison Mills | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Johnson | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| West Holland | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kingfred (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bloomingburg | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Yankeetown | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Olympia (historical) | 5.5 miles | 11 |
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 Manara | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6746949 | 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 1062871. 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.
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.





















