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Oklahoma, Ohio

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45320. It stands on Lowry Run. The Survey maps it on the Eaton North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oklahoma within Preble County

Then and now

1953 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oklahoma (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Oklahoma (historical), surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed 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 county-history sources

12,095 words on this township

History of Preble County Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 12,095 words.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 838 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 838 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oklahoma (historical) between 1876 and 1974: 792 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 18 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin, B. Fink 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 Uromyces ari-triphylli (Schwein.) SeelerUromyces ari-triphylli (Schwein.) Seeler1901W. A. KellermanWest Alexandria
A photograph of the species Hedwigia ciliata, not of this specimenHedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1876not recordedNew Paris
A photograph of the species Uria lomvia, not of this specimenUria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)1896Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.)Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta Pers., not of this specimenPhyllosticta Pers., 18181901W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Puccinia circaeae, not of this specimenPuccinia circaeae Pers.1901W. A. KellermanWest Alexandria
A photograph of the species Septoria oenotherae, not of this specimenSeptoria oenotherae Westend.1901W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Uromyces caladii, not of this specimenUromyces caladii (Schwein.) Farl.1901W. A. KellermanWest Alexandria
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1910Braun, Lucy E.
A photograph of the species Physcia subtilis, not of this specimenPhyscia subtilis Degelius1914B. FinkEaton
A photograph of the species Scoliciosporum umbrinum, not of this specimenScoliciosporum umbrinum (Ach.) Arnold1914Fink, B.Eaton
A photograph of the species Steccherinum pulcherrimum, not of this specimenSteccherinum pulcherrimum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker1925M.L. LohmanEaton
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1928Mendenhall E. W.New Paris

All 838 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Eaton2.9 miles11
Brennersville3.2 miles8
Ransom4.0 miles10
New Hope4.2 miles8
Sampleville4.3 miles10
Ebenezer5.1 miles8
New Lexington5.6 miles8
Gettysburg5.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049037. 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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