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Millersville, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43435. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.

Millersville within Sandusky County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Millersville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Millersville, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed 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 Jackson township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 - Jackson Township

The Last Bear

The last of the tribe of bruin seen in this township was shot in the fall of 1833 by Mr. Zimmerman, who lived on Muskallonge. This species of forest inhabitant prefer hills and clear, flowing, rapid currents, and were consequently infrequent visitors of this flat country. Now and then one, however, sought refuge in the deep shade of this impenetrable forest, and having sought out some hollow tree or stump, lived a quiet life.

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In the county-history sources

20,907 words on this township

History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

There is near Millersville a German settlement composed mostly of industrious, hard-working |)eople, whose labor has assisted materially in the economic development of the township. A representative family of this class are the Hoffmans. John G. Hoffman, a son of Frederick Hoffman, was born in Loteringen, France in 1 8 14. The family came to America and settled in Stark county in 1831. In 1834 they removed to Ottawa county. John G. married, in 1839, Catharine

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

This is a post village at the crossing of the pike and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railway. When the railroad was built the farmers in the community raised, by subscription, sufficient money to build a depot. The site seemed auspicious for a town. Peter Miller laid out a small portion of his land in town lots, and the new burgh was called Millersville. The founder of the town was commissioned first postmaster, and, after serving in that capacity a short time, was succeeded by the present incumbent, John Garn.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

The first sermon was preached in the residence of Gilbreath Stewart, in 1829, by Jacob Bowlus. After the school-house was built at the site of Mud Creek bridge on the pike, meetings were held there. Jeremiah Brown occasionally preached here. After Jacob Winter settled on Muskallonge, meetings were held in his barn, generally under charge of Jacob Bowlus. It was in this barn that Michael Long, who has since distinguished himself for usefulness in the church, preached his maiden sermon. A class was here organized which, about 1840, built a meeting-house in the Mowry neighborhood. The class prospered and grew. In 1866 it became necessary to build a new house of worship. A difference of opinion in the matter of location was happily settled by the preacher, Mr. Long, proposing that while the subscription paper was being passed around, each one should indicate his choice of location.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

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 Jackson Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 354 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 354 specimens collected within 10 miles of Millersville between 1880 and 1975: 331 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams J. M. B., Adams J. M. R., Albertin 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 Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1880Keeler, L.E.Fremont.
Specimen of Lepiota morganii (Peck) Sacc.Lepiota morganii (Peck) Sacc.1896DayFremont
Specimen of Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829)Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829)1914Anson A. HinkleySandusky River, Fremont, North America
A photograph of the species Anas americana, not of this specimenAnas americana J.F.Gmelin, 17891880not recordedSandusky, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Larus argentatus, not of this specimenLarus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 18621881not recordedSandusky, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1890Harry S. DayFremont
A photograph of the species Calidris alba, not of this specimenCalidris alba (Pallas, 1764)1891Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Sandusky, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Neotibicen canicularis, not of this specimenNeotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841)1891not recordedFremont
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1893WoolmanSandusky River, Fremont, Ohio
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus Gmelin, 17891893WoolmanSandusky River, Fremont, Ohio
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021893WoolmanSandusky River, Fremont, Ohio
A photograph of the species Morone chrysops, not of this specimenMorone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)1893not recordedSandusky River, Fremont

All 354 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Millersville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, 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
J E Baker Co Ohio QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Je Baker/ Millersville, OhioCalciumProducer
Ohio QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite

Every working recorded in Sandusky County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millersville in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006HailMillersville-Nickel size hail was reported near Millersville.

Every storm recorded in Sandusky 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
Tinney1.6 miles12
Helena2.1 miles12
Winters Station3.4 miles13
Burgoon3.4 miles12
Girton4.6 miles12
Gabels Corner4.6 miles13
Havens4.7 miles13
Squires5.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048977. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.