Martinstown, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Arlington Village. It lies in ZIP code area 45814. It stands on Buck Run. The Survey maps it on the Arlington 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
1905 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1905 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Arlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Arlington 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 1903 county history
2,254 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Arlington Village covers the township.
Read the chapter on Arlington Village - 2,254 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 682 shownMuseums hold 682 specimens collected within 10 miles of Martinstown (historical) between 1883 and 1973: 665 Animalia, 17 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Auten, CL & LC Hubbs, CLARENCE CLARK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Notropis boops Gilbert, 1884 | 1883 | Kirsch, P. H | Blanchard River, Findlay |
![]() | Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) | 1886 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
![]() | Bombus bohemicus Seidl, 1838 | 1887 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
![]() | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Blanchard River, Findlay, Ohio |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Blanchard River, Findley, Ohio |
![]() | Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) | 1893 | not recorded | Findlay, Blanchard River |
![]() | Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763) | 1895 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
![]() | Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae Clinton | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | Arlington |
![]() | Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | 1905 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
![]() | Bombus fervidus (Fabricius, 1798) | 1906 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
| Bombus variabilis (Cresson, 1872) | 1907 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River | |
![]() | Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773) | 1911 | not recorded | UrbanaBoneyard Creek;Vermilion River;Salt Fork of Vermilion River |
All 682 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Martinstown (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pifer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Beagle (historical) | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Houcktown | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Jenera | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Williamstown | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Blanchard | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| West Union (historical) | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| New Stark | 6.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063598. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
























