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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Paxton, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 44281. The Survey maps it on the Wadsworth quadrangle.

Paxton within Summit County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Paxton, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Paxton, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 672 shown

Museums hold 672 specimens collected within 10 miles of Paxton between 1867 and 1975: 577 Animalia, 52 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. Black, A. Woolman 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 Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.1889Foltz, Kent O.Sand Run Park; Akron
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
Specimen of Osmunda cinnamomea L.Osmunda cinnamomea L.1890Kofoid, C.A.Akron.
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1867Collector(s): James Lee PetersAkron
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1880F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1888E.L. Sturtevant II
A photograph of the species Lonicera dioica, not of this specimenLonicera dioica L.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Penstemon hirsutus, not of this specimenPenstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron
A photograph of the species Platanthera flava, not of this specimenPlatanthera flava var. herbiola (R.Br.) Luer1889K. O. FoltzCopley Swamp, near Akron
A photograph of the species Phegopteris connectilis, not of this specimenPhegopteris connectilis (Michx.) Watt1890F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Phegopteris polypodioides, not of this specimenPhegopteris polypodioides Fée1890Frank O. PayneAkron.

All 672 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Paxton: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Copley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Empire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Empire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flesher Plant No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hammond Brothers GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Pigeon Creek1.5 miles18
Copley2.3 miles18
Stoney Hill3.1 miles21
Bates Corners3.9 miles18
Montrose4.0 miles21
Western Star4.7 miles18
Copley Junction4.8 miles22
Fairlawn4.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063395. 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.