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Mount Jefferson, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Loramie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45333. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Piqua West quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1911 USGS Covington quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Covington quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Piqua West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piqua West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piqua West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Piqua West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
20,902 words on this townshipHistory of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Loramie Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
deceased, was born in Butler County, Ohio, July 27, 1834. He was reared on a farm. On the 8th of October, 1856, he married Miss Angcline Edwards, who was born in Butler County, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1834, daughter of William C. and Nancy Edwards. In 1858 Mr. and Mrs. Peters moved to Illinois and located in Clarke County. On the 2d of August, 1862, Mr. Peters enlisted in Company I, 79th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and entered the Union Army. Soon after he entered the army Mrs. Peters returned to her native county in Ohio. Mr. Peters was mustered into the service August 28, 1862, served faithfully until August 10, 1863, when he was honorably discharged from the service on account of physical disability, and returned to his old home in Butler County, remained until 1867, when with his wife and three children, he came to Shelby County and located in Loramie Township. In 1868 they purchased and moved on the farm in section 16, near Mount Jefferson, on which Mrs. Peters is now residing. Mr. Peters died July 18, 1872, leaving his widow with five children, viz., William E., Oscar O., Mary, Nancy J., and Myrtie L., and many frieuds to mourn the loss of a kind husband, an indulgent parent, and a good citizen.
Passage source: History of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 202 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 202 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mount Jefferson between 1897 and 1967: 140 Animalia, 39 Fungi, 22 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sorghum Moench | 1897 | Kellerman, W.A. | Shelby Co., Ohio. |
 | Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub | 1902 | Grover, F.O. | Opens woods, N. Amherst, near F & D Quarry |
 | Aleurodiscus macrodens Coker | 1922 | F.O. Grover | Black Swamp, Russia Twp. |
| unnamed | 1897 | WA Kellerman | Shelby County | |
 | Carex shortiana Dewey & Torr. | 1897 | Wetzstein, A. | |
 | Cercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura | 1897 | Selby A. D. | Kirkwood |
| Sorosporium reilianum (J.G.Kühn) McAlpine | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
 | Sphacelotheca reiliana (J.G.Kühn) G.P.Clinton | 1897 | Kellerman W. A. | Shelby Co. |
 | Ustilago reiliana J.G.Kühn | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1904 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | New Bremen, Shelby, Ohio, USA |
 | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Loramie Creek, Sec 30 of Cynthian township, ~0.3 mi SW of Newport, Cynthian township |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Loramie Creek, Sec 30 of Cynthian township, ~0.3 mi SW of Newport, Cynthian township |
All 202 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mount Jefferson: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ernst Gravel Co. Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Morelock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Norelock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pence Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Washington Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Washington Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058185. 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.