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Pemberton, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45353. It stands on Little Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Port Jefferson quadrangle. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 73 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
15 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 Sidney quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Sidney quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Port Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Port Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Port Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
21,300 words on this townshipHistory of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Perry Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Ordered, that the old road from Piqua to Brandon and Park's mill, or so much as is in Perry Township, and the new road up Musquito Greek from Dingmansburg to the county line from said town to the Five-mile-tree, be District No. 1, and that said new road from the Fivemile-tree to the beginning, be District No. 2, and that Win. Drake be supervisor of District No. 1, to have all the hands along the Miami River to work under him in said township, and that Wm. Marrs be supervisor of District No. 2, and have all the hands on Musquito Creek to work under him.
Passage source: History of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883.
April 6, 1818. This being the day of annual meeting, voters did not attend in sufficient numbers to hold an election, and the trustees proceeded to choose officers for the township with the following result: Trustees: Henry Sturm, Daniel Vandemark, and John Hathaway. Clerk: David Henry. Treasurer: Daniel V. Dingman. Supervisors: A 8a Hubble, James Dingman. Overseers: James Dingman, Jr., John Medaris. Appraisers: Rodham Talbott, John Francis. Fence Viewers: James Bryan, John Hunt. Constable : Henry Sturm, Jr.
Passage source: History of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883.
Proceeded to district the road as follows: That the road from the east line of the county, down Mosquito Creek to Dingmansburg, be District No. 1. That the road up Leatherwood Creek, thence south in the direction of Dayton, be District No. 2. That the Wapakoneta road, so much as is northwest of the Miami River, be District No. 3. That the Wapakoneta road, so far as is southeast of said river and the old State road, down the river to the county line, together with the road from the northeast corner of section 6, town. 1, range 12, thence to Piqua, be District No. 4.
Passage source: History of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Perry Township - it names this place 18 more 18 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 193 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 193 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pemberton between 1897 and 1967: 156 Animalia, 19 Fungi, 17 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sorghum Moench | 1897 | Kellerman, W.A. | Shelby Co., Ohio. |
 | Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub | 1902 | Grover, F.O. | Opens woods, N. Amherst, near F & D Quarry |
 | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1939 | not recorded | Miami River |
| unnamed | 1897 | WA Kellerman | Shelby County | |
 | Carex shortiana Dewey & Torr. | 1897 | Wetzstein, A. | |
| Sorosporium reilianum (J.G.Kühn) McAlpine | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
 | Sphacelotheca reiliana (J.G.Kühn) G.P.Clinton | 1897 | Kellerman W. A. | Shelby Co. |
 | Ustilago reiliana J.G.Kühn | 1897 | Kellerman, W.A. | Shelby County, Ohio. |
 | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1904 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | New Bremen, Shelby, Ohio, USA |
 | Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk. | 1909 | Fisher G. Clyde | Sidney |
 | Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein. | 1914 | Russell A. B. | Sidney |
| Phyllosticta vincae-minoris Bres. & Krieg. | 1914 | The Wagner Park Nursery Co. | Sidney |
All 193 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pemberton: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Jefferon Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pemberton in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 1998: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pemberton | $5,000 | Many trees knocked down. |
| April 1998 | Flash Flood | Pemberton | - | After a short break, thunderstorms with heavy rainfall dropped 1-2 additional inches across the county causing more roads to be flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Port Jefferson | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tawawa | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Plattsville | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Valentine (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Maplewood | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Depew | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hageman (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pemberton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7161875 | 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 1049069. 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.
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.