Olentangy Estates, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Galion City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44833. It stands on Rocky Fork. The Survey maps it on the Galion quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Olentangy Estates
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Adam Howard Houselisted 1978 · 0.6 miles away
Brownella Cottage and Grace Episcopal Church and Rectorylisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Central Hotel, Hackedorn and Zimmerman Buildinglisted 1976 · 0.8 miles away
Hosford Houselisted 1976 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 printed 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 Mount Gilead quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Mount Gilead quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Mount Gilead quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Galion quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
12,480 words on this townshipHistory of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Galion City Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Galion City Township - 12,480 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Olentangy Estates in 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15306 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 85 specimens collected within 10 miles of Olentangy Estates between 1896 and 1971: 72 Animalia, 7 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Chase, H. (Hazel), F. L. Stevens, F.L. Stevens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Peronospora sordida Berk. & Broome | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley |
![]() | Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819 | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Olentangy Valley; 40.761724 -82.873517 |
![]() | Stereum lobatum (Kunze ex Fr.) Fr. | 1897 | W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Stereum versicolor (Sw.) Fr., 1838 | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | Galion. |
![]() | Lythrurus fasciolaris (Gilbert, 1891) | 1927 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township |
![]() | Notropis photogenis (Cope, 1865) | 1927 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1927 | Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.) | Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township |
![]() | Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842) | 1933 | Hope, CE | Crest Line |
![]() | Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775 | 1939 | not recorded | Galion, Crawford Co., OH |
![]() | Lethe portlandia (Fabricius, 1781) | 1939 | Chase, H. (Hazel) | Galion, Crawford Co., OH |
![]() | Harkenclenus titus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1940 | not recorded | Galion, Crawford Co., OH |
![]() | Eacles imperialis Drury, 1773 | 1941 | Chase, H. (Hazel) | Galion, Crawford Co., OH |
All 85 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Olentangy Estates: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Crawford Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galion | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Valley Court | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Middletown | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Olentangy | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Leesville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Crestline | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| North Robinson | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| New Winchester | 6.3 miles | 12 |
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 Q122597874 | 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 2514089. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.




















