Marshs, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dudley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43332. It stands on North Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Rue quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
10 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.
- 1915 USGS La Rue quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS La Rue quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS La Rue quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Marion quadrangle1:100000
In the 1883 county history
35,913 words on this townshipThe county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Dudley Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Dudley Township - 35,913 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 49 shownMuseums hold 49 specimens collected within 10 miles of Marshs (historical) between 1882 and 1966: 47 Animalia, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W SHARER, Angle, E. (Eric), Clinton; Bird 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Poria medulla-panis (Jacq.) Cooke | 1906 | Penfield, O.; C. B. Wilson | Ridgeway |
![]() | Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Vieillot, 1817 | 1882 | W.C. Hampton | Mt. Victory |
![]() | Puccinia graminis var. phlei-pratensis (Erikss. & Henn.) Stakman & Piem. | 1908 | Clinton; Bird | Mt. Victory |
![]() | Erimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Franks, R. W. (Roscoe W.) | Scioto River tributary, no more precise locality available, ~1.5 miles SW Hepburn OH |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Scioto River tributary, no more precise locality available, ~1.5 miles SW Hepburn OH |
![]() | Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Scioto River tributary, no more precise locality available, ~1.5 miles SW Hepburn OH |
![]() | Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1931 | ROGER CONANT | 3 MI E OF MT VICTORY |
![]() | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1932 | not recorded | Mt. Victory, Hardin Co., Ohio |
![]() | Coluber constrictor foxii (Baird & Girard, 1853) | 1941 | Rausch, R. (Robert) | Mt. Victory, Hardin Co., Ohio |
![]() | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1942 | A W SHARER | E OF MT VICTORY |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1944 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Taylor Creek, 3 mi south of Kenton, ~3.2 mi S of Kenton, Buck township |
| Arhythmorhynchus brevis Van Cleave, 1916 | 1944 | R. Rausch | Mt. Victory |
All 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otterbein | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Victory | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hepburn | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pfeiffer | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Browns Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ridgeway | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Grassy Point | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mentzer | 7.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1060671. 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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