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Milfordton, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Milford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43011. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 51 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
10 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.
- 1915 USGS Fredericktown quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fredericktown quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Homer quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
In the county-history sources
12,993 words on this townshipHistory of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest; a Complete History of Knox County ... a Record of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Milford Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Major Nathan Bostwick, at the age of twentyone years was in destitute circumstances. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade, but by industry and economy became one of the well-to-do farmers. At the commencement of the war of the Rebellion he enlisted in the Twentieth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and before the close of the war was promoted to the office of major of the same regiment. He now resides in Newark, Ohio.
From 1838 to 1844 this township was especially blessed with a martial band, for general or company musters, fourth of July celebrations, and other occasions when their servi :es were required. The members were Harris Hawkins, jr., Noble Bostwick, and J. D. Hooker, tenor drummers; Charles Hawkins, bass drummer, and Joseph Hawkins, Nathan Bostwick, and Albert G. Simons, fifers. They had an excellent reputation and were often invited to considerable distances on fourth of July and general training occasions.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Milfordton between 2012 and 2012, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 747 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 747 specimens collected within 10 miles of Milfordton between 1835 and 1975: 714 Animalia, 27 Fungi, 6 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. P. Morgan; Ellis, Barker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Fusicladium Bonord. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | |
 | Nummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Cooke | 1883 | Dr. W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Pestalotia De Not., 1841 | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | No locality on label |
 | Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, s.loc. |
 | Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818) | 1863 | not recorded | USA, NNO-, OHIO*, GHOTA RIVER , |
 | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1877 | not recorded | unspecified |
 | Accipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812) | 1879 | Willard L. Maris | |
 | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1879 | Porter, J.B. | |
 | Phyllosticta lappae Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | |
 | Phyllosticta persicae Sacc. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | |
 | Phyllosticta pyrina Sacc. | 1883 | Dr. W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Phyllosticta verbenae Sacc., 1879 | 1883 | Prof. Kellerman |
All 747 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Corners | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Myers Corners | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Liberty | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bangs | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Brandon | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Centerburg | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hedington Corners | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Dalrymple Corners | 6.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1084168. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.