New Chinatown, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cleveland City. It lies in ZIP code area 44114. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland North quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The 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.


On record in New Chinatown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 47 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Mueller Electric Company Buildinglisted 2016 · 0.3 miles away
North Presbyterian Churchlisted 1974 · 0.5 miles away
Black, H., and Company Buildinglisted 2002 · 0.5 miles away
Union Steel Screw Office Buildinglisted 1989 · 0.6 miles away
National Town and Country Clublisted 2003 · 0.6 miles away
University Hall, Cleveland State Universitylisted 1973 · 0.6 miles away
First Methodist Churchlisted 1995 · 0.7 miles away
Cleveland Masonic Templelisted 2001 · 0.7 miles away
Trinity Cathedrallisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Dr. William Gifford Houselisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Building at 3101 Euclid Avenuelisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
George Merwin Houselisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed 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.
- 1901 USGS Euclid quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Euclid quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
23,212 words on this townshipHistory of Cuyahoga County Ohio, published 1870 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cleveland City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cleveland City - 23,212 words.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 3,644 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 3,644 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Chinatown between 1849 and 1975: 3,230 Animalia, 216 Fungi, 119 Plantae, 73 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. D. Selby, A. G. Newhall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Brachysticha fidiae Ashmead, 1895 | 1894 | F. Webster | Euclid |
![]() | Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc. | 1894 | Seymour, Arthur Bliss | Cleveland, O. [Ohio] |
![]() | Osmunda claytoniana L. | 1894 | Winkler, H.J. | Cleveland. |
![]() | Setophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1849 | Jared P. Kirtland | Rockport |
| Boraginaceae | 1850 | not recorded | Cleveland. | |
![]() | Carex canescens L. | 1850 | Illegible collector name | Cleveland. |
![]() | Catillaria tricolor (Lam.) Th.Fr. | 1854 | G. Dixon | Cleveland, Bousdale Hill |
![]() | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1854 | Robert Kennicott | Cleveland |
![]() | Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Nyl., 1869 | 1860 | Mudd Wm. | Cleveland |
![]() | Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) | 1860 | not recorded | Cleveland |
![]() | Villosa iris (I.Lea, 1829) | 1863 | H. Elliott | |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1871 | Collector(s): unknown | Cleveland |
All 3,644 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of New Chinatown: 10 unknowns, 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Silica, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Hanna Nickel Smelter/ Cleveland, Oh | Nickel | Plant | ||
| Brush Wellman/ Cleveland, Ohio | Beryllium | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Mine | Halite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| Cleveland Mine | Salt | Producer | ||
| Cuyahoga Lime Company Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Dock Number 1, Whiskey Island Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Great Lakes-St Lawrence/ Cleveland | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Mcgean Chemical/ Cleveland, Ohio | Antimony | Unknown | ||
| Metallurgical Inc/ Cleveland, Ohio | Iron, Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| N. L. Industries | Lead | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josephatowa | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Old Chinatown | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Big Italy | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Cleveland | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hough | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Poznan | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| The Angle | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tremont | 2.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2087982. 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.



















