Ohmer Park, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dayton City. It lies in ZIP code area 45420. The Survey maps it on the Dayton South quadrangle.
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
14 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 Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Dayton South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Dayton city, in the words of 1882.
Con Tents
A Typical Frontier Vavern - Daytou Contained Nine Dwellings in 1799- - Several Roads Opened--Monument Avenue Cleared--Main Street a Narrow Wagon Road - Settlements Few and Far Between - Hardships of Pioneer Life--Tidian War Apprehended - Block House Built - Schooi Opened in the Block House- - First Distillery Started - Cooper's Saw Mill - Corn Cracker - Hogs Introduced - Feed on Mast - Attacked by Wild Animals--First Flat Boat Launched-Sheep Introduced - Cost of Groceries at Cinciunati - Little Money jin Circulation - Business Conducted by Barter - Value of Diffsrent Kinds of Skins--Cut Money - McDougal's Store - Trade with the Indians - First Child Boro in Dayton - Taxation in 1800 - First Wedding - Census in 1801 - First Miuister - - Methodists - Presbyterians--Log Meeting House - First Grave Yard - - Jobn W.
In the 1882 county history
783,752 words on this townshipThe county history of 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Dayton City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Dayton City - 783,752 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 897 shownMuseums hold 897 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ohmer Park between 1835 and 1975: 739 Animalia, 89 Plantae, 57 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND W E DUELLMAN, A. E. Foeerste 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. | 1881 | Foerste AF | |
![]() | Geaster limbatus Fr. | 1883 | A. E. Foeerste | Dayton |
![]() | Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr. | 1897 | H. W. Anderson | |
![]() | Botrypus virginianus (L.) Michx. | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, Miami [County] |
![]() | Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. | 1836 | C. W. Short | Dayton |
![]() | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1837 | van Cleve, John W. | 3 mi. north of Dayton |
![]() | Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt. | 1838 | J. W. Van Cleve | Dayton |
![]() | Allium canadense L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. 1 mi. northeast. |
![]() | Cardamine L. | 1839 | Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt. | Dayton. 1 mile east. |
![]() | Cassia marilandica L. | 1839 | Sanders, Alfred | Dayton |
![]() | Cynoglossum officinale L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. Suburbs E. |
![]() | Iris versicolor L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. 2 mi. south |
All 897 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 17 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ohmer Park: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Sand and Gravel Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Broadway Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| East River Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East River Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hawker and Son Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hawker and Son Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jackson Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moraine Materials Pit No 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moraine Materials Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Walnut Hills | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hearthstone | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Belmont | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Oakwood | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| East Dayton | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Greenmont | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Shakertown | 2.1 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553630 | The 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 1067283. 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.

























