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

Newbury Center, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Newbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44065. The Survey maps it on the Burton quadrangle. It stands 1,247 feet above sea level.

Newbury Center within Geauga County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Newbury Center, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Newbury Center, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 1880 county history

15,653 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Newbury Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Newbury Township - 15,653 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,560 shown

Museums hold 2,560 specimens collected within 10 miles of Newbury Center between 1887 and 1975: 2,447 Animalia, 104 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hoenigman, A. M. Evans, 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 Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)Riparia riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)1891Fred Haggart
Specimen of Medeola virginiana L.Medeola virginiana L.1895Watson,J.R. s.n. [1895-06-30][label: Herbarium of J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Geauga Co. [County]
Specimen of Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.Scapania undulata (L.) Dumort.1896Edo N. ClaassenThompson Ledges
A photograph of the species Dryopteris marginalis, not of this specimenDryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray1887Leonard, F.E.Munson
A photograph of the species Melospiza georgiana, not of this specimenMelospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790)1889Collector(s): F. S. HaggartNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Asplenium pinnatifidum, not of this specimenAsplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.1890M. RodmanSugar Grove.
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Nocomis micropogon, not of this specimenNocomis micropogon (Cope, 1865)1893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Noturus flavus, not of this specimenNoturus flavus Rafinesque, 18181893A. WoolmanAurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus (Hermann, 1804)1893WoolmanAurora branch of Chagrin River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cypripedium reginae, not of this specimenCypripedium reginae Walter1896J. R. WatsonGeauga

All 2,560 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Newbury Center: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Haueter Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Teague Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Teague Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Geauga 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
Yates Corners2.4 miles15
Beudale (historical)2.5 miles15
South Newbury2.5 miles14
Fullertown3.5 miles15
Burton Lake3.9 miles14
Fowlers Mill4.5 miles13
Russell Center5.1 miles15
Auburn Center5.3 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Newbury CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22695651The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071099. 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.