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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Meyers, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Newberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45318. The Survey maps it on the Piqua West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Meyers within Miami County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meyers (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Meyers (historical), surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

In the county-history sources

41,096 words on this township

The county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Newberry Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

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 Newberry Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 363 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 363 specimens collected within 10 miles of Meyers (historical) between 1835 and 1973: 332 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 13 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin 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 Quercus macrocarpa Michx.Quercus macrocarpa Michx.1835Frank
Specimen of unnamed1897F. L. StevensSugar Grove.
Specimen of Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897F.L. StevensSugar Grove
A photograph of the species Carex albursina, not of this specimenCarex albursina E.Sheld.1835Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex emmonsii, not of this specimenCarex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig1835Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Gentianella quinquefolia, not of this specimenGentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, in ditione civitatis Miami
A photograph of the species Cercosporina apii, not of this specimenCercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura1896Skinner C. W.Troy
Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus1896Skinner C. W.Troy
Specimen of Phyllosticta podophylli (M.A.Curtis) G.WinterPhyllosticta podophylli (M.A.Curtis) G.Winter1897F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck.Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck.1899Young, WU
A photograph of the species Daedalea confragosa, not of this specimenDaedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers.1906Fischer G. C.Troy
Specimen of Polyporus radicatus Schwein.Polyporus radicatus Schwein.1909ThomasTroy

All 363 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Meyers (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Piqua QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pique PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wise Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wise Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Miami County

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
Mulberry Grove2.1 miles13
Summitville (historical)2.1 miles15
Covington2.2 miles13
Landin Park2.5 miles15
Jimtown (historical)2.5 miles13
West Covington2.6 miles13
Rowdyville (historical)2.8 miles13
Clayton3.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061247. 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.