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

Midway, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Staunton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45373. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.

Midway within Miami County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 Staunton township, in the words of 1880.

1880, Staunton Township

The War Of 1812

During these times, the early settlers of Lost Creek Township were not wholly without fear. The outbreak of the seoond war with Great Britain was calculated to seriously interfere with their repose. The Indians were not far distant, and more than once, the pioneer and his little family cowered, as it were, in the shadows of the tomahawk.

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In the 1880 county history

29,341 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Staunton Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Staunton Township - 29,341 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 380 shown

Museums hold 380 specimens collected within 10 miles of Midway between 1835 and 1975: 345 Animalia, 17 Fungi, 16 Plantae, 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 380 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hanover PitClayProducer
Piqua MineralsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piqua QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Eldean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eldean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Troy PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Eldean1.1 miles17
Farrington1.3 miles17
Twin Lakes (historical)2.0 miles17
Brook Park North2.1 miles17
Nottingham2.4 miles17
Nottinghill2.6 miles17
Westbrook2.7 miles17
Woodlawn2.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062897. 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.