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Millheim, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44685. The Survey maps it on the North Canton quadrangle.

Millheim within Summit County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Millheim, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Millheim, surveyed 1901

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.

In the county-history sources

139 words on this township

Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1908 names this settlement in its chapter on Springfield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Springfield township was first settled in 1806, when Ariel Bradley moved from Suffield to what is now the village of ^logadore. Other early settlers were Thomas Hale, Benjamin Baldwin, John Hall, James Hall, Nathan Moore, Reuben Tupper, Abraham De- Haven, the Ellet family, the Norton family, Patrick Christy, James McKnight, William Foster et alii. The township was organized in April, 1808. The manufacturing of the township is all in the pottery line, as great beds of potter's clay are found here. Coal is also mined. Mogadore is the principal village. North Springfield, Brittain, Thomastown, Millheim and Krumroy are also flourishing hamlets. Springfield furnished nearly 150 men to the Federal armies in the Ci\-il War. At the present time, J. Ira Emmet is township clerk, and R. C. Gates, Milo White and M. S. Mishler are justices of the peace.

Passage source: Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1908.

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 Springfield Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 563 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 563 specimens collected within 10 miles of Millheim between 1867 and 1975: 465 Animalia, 54 Plantae, 42 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. W. Cusick, A. Woolman 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 Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianumBotrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum1888Wright, A.A.Tallmadge.
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
Specimen of Osmunda cinnamomea L.Osmunda cinnamomea L.1890Kofoid, C.A.Akron.
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1867Collector(s): James Lee PetersAkron
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1880F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Geum aleppicum, not of this specimenGeum aleppicum Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Geum canadense, not of this specimenGeum canadense Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1888E.L. Sturtevant II
A photograph of the species Lonicera dioica, not of this specimenLonicera dioica L.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Penstemon hirsutus, not of this specimenPenstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Agrimonia gryposepala, not of this specimenAgrimonia gryposepala Wallr.1889ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron

All 563 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Millheim: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal. 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
Carbon Limestone Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knight PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Knight Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Portage Lakes Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Uniontown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Uniontown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Pressler Heights0.9 miles17
Lawnfield Estates0.9 miles17
Mayfair Heights1.0 miles17
Kimberly Valley1.0 miles17
Lindale Heights1.1 miles17
McChesney Acres1.2 miles17
Lakes Of Green1.2 miles17
Arcadian Heights1.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065777. 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.