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Mount Pleasant, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44720. The Survey maps it on the North Canton quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Stark 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 Mount Pleasant, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mount Pleasant, 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 450 shown

Museums hold 450 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1836 and 1975: 385 Animalia, 54 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. W. Cusick, A.M. Rogers, Allen, John 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 unnamed1907Bruce Fink
Specimen of Pemphigus Hartig, 1839Pemphigus Hartig, 18391948C. MohrMassillon
A photograph of the species Carex granularis, not of this specimenCarex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Carex intumescens, not of this specimenCarex intumescens Rudge1836Collector unknownCanton
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1875not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Archilochus colubris, not of this specimenArchilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Hylocichla mustelina, not of this specimenHylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1885not recordedCanton
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Molothrus ater, not of this specimenMolothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1885Bulley, R. HCanton
A photograph of the species Picoides pubescens, not of this specimenPicoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832)1885Bulley, R. HCanton

All 450 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 8 producers, 7 past producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
East Ohio Limestone Co. QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
East Ohio QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beldon Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Central Allied Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Central Allied Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Greensburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Greensburg Sand & Gravel MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hartville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Heiser Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Stark 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
Tower Terrace1.3 miles17
Greentown1.4 miles17
Aultman1.6 miles17
Marchand (historical)2.2 miles17
North Canton2.2 miles17
Cairo2.4 miles19
Orchard Acres3.1 miles17
Lake Slagle3.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056440. 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.