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Northumberland, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dinsmore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45306. The Survey maps it on the Botkins 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
1913 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 73 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.
- 1913 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Sidney 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 Botkins quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Botkins quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Botkins quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
90,739 words on this townshipHistory of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Dinsmore Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The surface of the township is level throughout, and the soil is of an excellent quality. Improvements have gone on apace, and although the township was a late organization, it has enjoyed a rapid and satisfactory development. The people are industrious, frugal, and energetic, as shown by the houses and farms of the people. School-houses and churches, saw-mills and tile factories are seen throughout the township, while institutions and enterprises of various characters are properly represented. Two live and thriving villages, Anna and Botkins, are within the township, the former at the south line, and the latter near the north side of the township. Both are important stations on the Dayton and Michigan Railroad, and both enjoy an extensive local trade. Another village, Northumberland, was laid out in the township years ago, but proved too transitory for continued growth and life.
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 149 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 149 specimens collected within 10 miles of Northumberland (historical) between 1800 and 1970: 125 Animalia, 16 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Ballenstedt, B., Baßmann, C. Clark 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. |
 | Mentha aquatica L. | 1800 | Ballenstedt, B. | Bremen: An der WÅmme in Oberneuland bei Bremen |
 | Geum urbanum L. | 1883 | Baßmann | Bremen: Vegesack, feuchtes, schattiges Gehîlz bei Holthorst, sehr selten |
 | Rubus idaeus L. | 1889 | Meyerholz | Bremen: auf Quellgrund, Torf u. Humus |
 | Lobelia dortmanna L. | 1892 | Wendelken | Bremen: Bremen-Lesum, Lesum |
 | Rubus condensatus P.J.Müll. | 1892 | Elmgoeth, Fr. | Niedersachsen: Soltau in der Lüneburger Heide |
| unnamed | 1897 | WA Kellerman | Shelby County | |
| 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 | Kellerman, W.A. | Shelby County, Ohio. |
 | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1904 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | New Bremen, Shelby, Ohio, USA |
 | Campostoma anomalum pullum (Agassiz, 1854) | 1905 | Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.) | Muddy Creek, section 27 Washington Township, estimated 3 miles N of Kettlersville OH, Washington Township |
All 149 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botkins | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Anna | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Rumley | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Kettlersville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Montra | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| McCartyville | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Swanders | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jackson Center | 7.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063123. 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.
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