Overton, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Chester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44691. It stands on Cedar Run. The Survey maps it on the New Pittsburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 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
11 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.
- 1906 USGS West Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS West Salem quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,273 shownMuseums hold 2,273 specimens collected within 10 miles of Overton between 1877 and 1975: 1,865 Animalia, 221 Plantae, 148 Fungi, 38 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C ALLEN, A. D. Selby, A. E. Good 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) | 1930 | B. Montgomery & J. Houser | 2 miles northeast of Wooster |
![]() | Aster ciliolatus Lindl. | 1877 | Thorne, B.H. | Station Farm, Wooster |
![]() | Chelidon Forster, 1817 | 1889 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
![]() | Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
![]() | Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
![]() | Catharus guttatus faxoni (Bangs & T.E.Penard, 1921) | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
| Catharus ustulatus swainsoni (Tschudi, 1845) | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster | |
![]() | Certhia americana americana Bonaparte, 1838 | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
| Corthylio calendula calendula | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster | |
![]() | Cyanocitta cristata bromia Oberholser, 1921 | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
![]() | Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832) | 1890 | Harry C. Oberholser | Wooster |
All 2,273 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2023The National Weather Service names Overton in 1 storm report between 2023 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Overton | - | Tree downed along Smithville-Westville Road, about five-miles SSE of Congress. Another tree was downed near the intersection of Smithville-Westville Road and Mechanicsburg Road, about five-miles NNW of Wooster. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Valley | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mechanicsburg | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Devil Town | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Deer Creek | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Eight Square (historical) | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Armstrong | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Linwood Heights | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Golden Corners | 3.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057905. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




















