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

Montana, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monterey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45827. The Survey maps it on the Ottoville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Montana within Putnam County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Montana (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Montana (historical), surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1915 county history

1,297 words on this township

The county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Monterey Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Monterey Township - 1,297 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 90 shown

Museums hold 90 specimens collected within 10 miles of Montana (historical) between 1893 and 1969: 90 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by P. Kirsch, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, R. Rhoades & C. Clark 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 Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823)Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823)1893not recordedBlanchard River
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893P. KirschSugar Creek, Cloverdale
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ictalurus punctatus, not of this specimenIctalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedCloverdale, Auglaize River
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Noturus flavus, not of this specimenNoturus flavus Rafinesque, 18181893P. KirschAuglaize River, Cloverdale, Ohio
A photograph of the species Orconectes rusticus, not of this specimenOrconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)1939R. Rhoades & C. ClarkJennings Creek on SR 116
A photograph of the species Fundulus notatus, not of this specimenFundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1940Rhoades, R. (Randall)Little Auglaize River, within Paulding Co, Paulding County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Orconectes immunis, not of this specimenOrconectes immunis (Hagen, 1870)1940R. Rhoades & C. ClarkLittle Auglaize River, 2 miles South of Mandale
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum pullum (Agassiz, 1854)1941Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Wascko, H. L. (Harold L.)Auglaize River, Sec 21 of Perry township, ~1.1 mi E of Cloverdale, Perry township

All 90 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Montana (historical): 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Miller Brothers Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Miller Brothers Clay WorksClayPlant

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Muntanna1.8 miles13
Huntstown (historical)2.7 miles12
Douglas3.0 miles13
Ottoville3.0 miles13
East Mandale3.3 miles12
Country Manor Estates3.4 miles13
Cloverdale3.5 miles12
Cascade4.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050115. 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.