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

Middleton, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43432. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Middleton within Ottawa County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Middleton (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Middleton (historical), surveyed 1900

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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,502 shown

Museums hold 1,502 specimens collected within 10 miles of Middleton (historical) between 1825 and 1975: 1,478 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, Al Szuch, Albiet, P. 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
A photograph of the species Hygroamblystegium tenax, not of this specimenHygroamblystegium tenax (Hedw.) Jenn.1825T. DrummondBanks of the Portage River
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893WoolmanTousaint River, Port Clinton, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ameiurus natalis, not of this specimenAmeiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)1893A. WoolmanOhio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton
A photograph of the species Ameiurus nebulosus, not of this specimenAmeiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1893A. WoolmanOhio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton
A photograph of the species Graptemys geographica, not of this specimenGraptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817)1893not recordedPort Clinton, 10 mi W of, Tousaint River
A photograph of the species Lepomis gibbosus, not of this specimenLepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedOak Harbor, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedOak Harbor, Portage River
A photograph of the species Micropterus salmoides, not of this specimenMicropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)1893not recordedTousaint River, Port Clinton, Ohio
A photograph of the species Noturus gyrinus, not of this specimenNoturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817)1893A. WoolmanOhio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191894C. RutterPortage River, Oak Harbor, Ohio
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1894C. RutterPortage River, Oak Harbor, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1894C. RutterPortage River, Oak Harbor, Ohio

All 1,502 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Middleton (historical): 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Stone, 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
Clay Center PlantStoneProducer
Genoa QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Rocky Ridge QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rocky Ridge PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U.S. Gypsum Company Genoa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Sheldon (historical)0.2 miles16
Elliston0.4 miles16
Graytown0.7 miles16
Trowbridge2.4 miles16
Limestone3.2 miles13
Rocky Ridge3.3 miles13
Martin3.5 miles16
Blackberry Corner4.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049680. 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.