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Mathers Mills, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45054. It stands on Olive Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oregonia quadrangle.

Mathers Mills within Warren County

Then and now

1914 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mathers Mills, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Mathers Mills, surveyed 1914

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Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Washington township, in the words of 1882.

1882, Washington Township

Wild Animals Game

It is an undisputed fact that panthers were among the wild animals that infested the forests of this district in early times. One of these was killed near Smalley's settlement in this township; another was seen by Capt, Titus, and their terrifying screams were frequently heard resounding through the forest.

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In the 1882 county history

7,489 words on this township

The county history of 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 7,489 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,237 shown

Museums hold 3,237 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mathers Mills between 1844 and 1974: 3,073 Animalia, 94 Fungi, 54 Plantae, 14 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1892H. SmithCreek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon
A photograph of the species Polyporus dryophilus, not of this specimenPolyporus dryophilus Berk.1844Lea T. G.Waynesville
A photograph of the species Lampsilis ovata, not of this specimenLampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)1862Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Ptychobranchus fasciolaris, not of this specimenPtychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)1862Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Actinonaias ligamentina, not of this specimenActinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)1879Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Megalonaias gigantea, not of this specimenMegalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823)1879Whiteaves, Joseph F.Great Miami Riv.
A photograph of the species Saponaria officinalis, not of this specimenSaponaria officinalis L.1881not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium subsp. millefolium1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Agrostemma githago, not of this specimenAgrostemma githago L.1884Bennerht, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Anthemis cotula, not of this specimenAnthemis cotula L.1884Bennett, F.G.[Lebanon]
A photograph of the species Asclepias syriaca, not of this specimenAsclepias syriaca L.1884Berrerlt, F.G.near Lebanon
A photograph of the species Calystegia sepium, not of this specimenCalystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.1884not recordedLebanon

All 3,237 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
Oregonia1.4 miles16
Senior3.2 miles16
Genntown4.1 miles15
Lelan (historical)4.4 miles15
Dodds5.1 miles15
Wellman5.1 miles16
Roachester5.2 miles13
San Je Village5.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065725. 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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