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Orangeburg, Ohio
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45347. 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.
Then and now
1953 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Eaton North quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Eaton North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jefferson township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Martyred For His Principles
One of the best remembered of the early citizens of Jefferson township was Thomas Barber, who became martyr to his anti-slavery principles in 1858 or 1859. He emigrated to Kansas about that time, just as the breaking out of the "Kansas troubles,, over the question of the extension of slavery. True to his principles, he took an active part in the contest there and soon became known as one of the hated "abolitionists." He was shot by an assassin.
In the county-history sources
10,147 words on this townshipHistory of Preble County Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Gettysburg is the only village in the township besides New Paris. It is located in the northwest corner of section 36, on the old National road. It was laid out in 1832, about the time the National road was projected, by John Currv, a native of Pennsylvania. It was first called Harrisburg, but this was later changed to Gettysburg, after Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was one of the many towns projected along the line of the National road, for the railroad was then undreamed of, and it was supposed by these early promoters that the National road would be a great national artery of communication which would eventually be thronged with travel. Accordingly, prospective towns were located every few miles, and a "tavern" was built in each among the first buildings. Only a little more than a mile west of Gettysburg, Orangeburg was projected, and a number of houses were erected, but Gettysburg outstripped it. Doubtless, if the early expectations had been realized, many of these towns would have become places of note, but within a few years the railroad was developed, it was seen that it would revolutionize transportation, the government dropped the further construction of the National road and the hopes of all these rudimentary towns were blasted. The half dozen or so buildings which once constituted Orangeburg have all disappeared but one. The town plat was long since cancelled, and it is now simply a crossroads and a farm house, though the name still clings to the locality. Gettysburg still survives as a pleasant little hamlet, with a store and two pretty churches, one Methodist and one Presbyterian. It will never, however, realize the dreams of its founder.
Passage source: History of Preble County Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915.
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 751 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 751 specimens collected within 10 miles of Orangeburg (historical) between 1876 and 1974: 733 Animalia, 12 Fungi, 6 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1876 | not recorded | New Paris |
 | Uria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1896 | Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.) | Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA |
 | Septoria oenotherae Westend. | 1901 | W. A. Kellerman | |
 | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1910 | Braun, Lucy E. | |
 | Physcia subtilis Degelius | 1914 | B. Fink | Eaton |
 | Scoliciosporum umbrinum (Ach.) Arnold | 1914 | Fink, B. | Eaton |
 | Steccherinum pulcherrimum (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Banker | 1925 | M.L. Lohman | Eaton |
 | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1928 | Mendenhall E. W. | New Paris |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1930 | MB Trautman | Whitewater River, at New Paris, Jefferson Twp |
 | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Whitewater River, at New Paris, Jefferson Twp |
| Ceuthophilus tenebrarum Scudder, 1894 | 1930 | Hubbell, T. H. | Eaton, Preble Co., OH | |
 | Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | East Fork Whitewater River, at New Paris, ~0.4 mi NW of New Paris, Jefferson township |
All 751 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 Orangeburg (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Paris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Springfield Limestone Quarry #223 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Belfast (historical) | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Springs | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| New Westville | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ebenezer | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| New Paris | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Campbellstown | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| New Hope | 3.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049040. 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.