BlockMatville, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scioto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43146. The Survey maps it on the Commercial Point quadrangle.
Then and now
1923 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 63 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
9 surveys from 12 printed 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.
- 1923 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS West Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Commercial Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Commercial Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,693 words on this townshipHistory of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Scioto Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
A regular Baptist society, commonly known j as Primitive Baptists, was organized about i 1829 at Darbyville. The organization was re- i moved, in 1874. to Scioto township to the lo-- , cal i tv now known as Matville, two miles west 'j of Commercial Point, where a church building 1 was erected at a cost of S600. Regular services, held once a month by Elder Hanover, have an average attendance of about 40. Annually, j on the third Saturday and Sunday in June, the j Baptist Association holds services in Beaver Grove near Matville, which are attended by from 3,000 to 4,000 people.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
the western section of Scioto township. It was formerly known as Jacktown. Here are found the general stores and groceries of R. A. & AV. AI. McGhee and D. J. White and grocery of Dan McFarland. Arch McMillen is the village blacksmith. The Citizens' Telephone Companv has established a line to Matville.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
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 Scioto Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,735 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,735 specimens collected within 10 miles of Matville between 1829 and 1975: 1,695 Animalia, 32 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Abbott, R; and others, Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna, Albin, H., Bernhardt, G. et al. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rallus elegans elegans Audubon, 1834 | 1829 | Florence, A. (Arledge) | Col Anderson farm 6 1/2 mi west of Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1877 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Goose Pond, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert, 1783 | 1879 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Scioto River bottoms near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Piranga olivacea (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
| Vermivora pinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1881 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA | |
 | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1882 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1882 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
 | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1883 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Pickaway Plains, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
All 1,735 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Point | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Robtown | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Orient | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Darbyville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Derby | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Scioto Estates | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| South Bloomfield | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Gray (historical) | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048953. 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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