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Nioga, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43143. The Survey maps it on the Big Plain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 79 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
11 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.
- 1907 USGS London quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS London quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Big Plain quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Big Plain quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Pleasant township, in the words of 1883.
Epidemic At Amity
EPIDEMIC AT AMITY. In 1849, soon after removing the mill-dam. b\ order of the court, spoken of in the history of Rosswell. Obil and (hen Beach, Asiatic cholera broke out in all its virulence ami horrors, sweeping away many of its inhabitants in the space of a few days, striking terror to the entire Inhabitants of Amity and vicinity.
In the 1883 county history
270,911 words on this townshipThe county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pleasant Township covers this township occupies the southeast corner of madison county, and the territory comprising it was one of the earliest settled portions of the county. this was doubtless brought about principally from its geographical position and its proximity to the older settled counties, especially that of boss, which in an early daj appears to have been the center, a kind of asylum for the emigrant, of this portion of the stati, from which they radiated and formed settlements in all the surrounding country, which was then an unbroken wilderness. from the ohio river up the valley of the scioto, early settlements were made, and chillicothe boob became the prin cipal trading point, upon the frontier. from this, as a base for supplies, the ever-onward pioneer and huntsman pushed up the scioto and its numerous tributaries, paint, deer and darby creeks; and it seems that the two lastmentioned streams were early visited by those in quest of game and a location, as it soon became known that along these streams were found plentiful herds of deer and immense flocks of wild turkeys, and what was more than all as good a body of land as the sun ever shone upon. as you ascend deer (.'reek some thirty to thirty five miles from its mouth, or where it empties its waters into the scioto, you strike the corner of madison county and the southeast corner of pleasant township.
Read the chapter on Pleasant Township - 270,911 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 392 shownMuseums hold 392 specimens collected within 10 miles of Nioga (historical) between 1885 and 1975: 298 Animalia, 56 Fungi, 36 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Betz, E., Bogue, E.E., Brommer, R. & Moerchen, R. (Richard) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Physcia syncolla Tuck. ex Nyl. | 1893 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Caloplaca sideritis (Tuck.) Zahlb. | 1894 | E. Bogue | Georgesville. |
 | Anaptychia comosa (Eschw.) A.Massal. | 1895 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Chiloscyphus ascendens (Wilson & Hook.) Sull. | 1885 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1889 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | London, Madison, Ohio, USA |
 | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Tortella humilis (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Anomodon minor (Hedw.) Lindb. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
| Leskea gracilescens Hedw. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | ||
 | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1892 | Werner, W.C. | Georgeville |
All 392 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nioga (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Camp Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Van Camp Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| West Jefferson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiousville | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| McKendree | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Antioch | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Chenoweth | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Big Plain | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Chrisman | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| McClimansville | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Sterling | 5.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067462. 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.