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Over-The-Rhine, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cincinnati City. It lies in ZIP code area 45202. It lies near Brighton Hill. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle.

Over-The-Rhine within Hamilton County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Over-The-Rhine, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Over-The-Rhine, surveyed 1914

On record in Over-The-Rhine

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 12 of 95 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2016

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The 1855 Findlay Market, Ohio's oldest surviving public market in the now-gentrified (in 2016) Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio
The 1855 Findlay Market, Ohio's oldest surviving public market in the now-gentrified (in 2016) Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio
Highsmith, Carol M, 2016. Library of Congress

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 5,887 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,887 specimens collected within 10 miles of Over-The-Rhine between 1819 and 1975: 2,847 Fungi, 1,730 Animalia, 961 Plantae, 298 Protozoa, 32 Unrecorded, 18 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. Braun, A. F. Braun 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 Clavaria striata Pers.Clavaria striata Pers.1899Aiken, Walter H.College Hill
Specimen of Corticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.CurtisCorticium polyporoideum Berk. & M.A.Curtis1899C.G. LloydCincinnati
Specimen of Microsphaera diffusa Cooke & PeckMicrosphaera diffusa Cooke & Peck1899Aiken, Walter H.Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Quercus leana, not of this specimenQuercus × leana Nutt.1819Thomas Nuttall3 miles North of Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Atrichum angustatum, not of this specimenAtrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.1820T. G. Leaprobably Cincinnatti
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1820T. G. Leaprobably Cincinnatti
A photograph of the species Sebacina calcea, not of this specimenSebacina calcea (Pers.) Bres.1827Lloyd C. G.Linwood
A photograph of the species Rhus venenata, not of this specimenRhus venenata DC.1830Clark, JosephNorth of Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Equisetum arvense, not of this specimenEquisetum arvense L.1834Short, Charles Wilkins; Lea, Thomas G.Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1835Collector unspecifiedIn citivate Ohio prope Cincinnati. [Inferred locality from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1835Joseph C. FrankCincinnati.
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897Kellerman, W.A.College Hill

All 5,887 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Over-The-Rhine: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Lead, Antimony, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Avril Co/ Cincinnati, OhioTin, Lead, AntimonyUnknown
N L Industries/ Cincinnati, OhioZirconiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

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
Prospect Hill0.5 miles18
Cincinnati0.6 miles18
Laurel Homes0.6 miles18
Lincoln Court0.6 miles18
Jerusalem0.7 miles18
Little Bethlehem0.7 miles18
Bucktown (historical)0.7 miles18
Mount Auburn0.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1059543. 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.