Pliny, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Liverpool Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44280. It stands on Mallet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mallet Creek 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
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1904 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mallet Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mallet Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mallet Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mallet Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mallet Creek quadrangle1:24000
In the 1861 county history
19,879 words on this townshipThe county history of 1861 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Liverpool Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Liverpool Township - 19,879 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 309 shownMuseums hold 309 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pliny (historical) between 1884 and 1975: 287 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Roberts, Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | not recorded | |
![]() | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1894 | Watson, J.R. | Medina Co. |
![]() | Nesaea verticillata (L.) Kunth | 1896 | Watson,J.R. s.n. [1896-08] | [label: North Ohio Flora. J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Liverpool, Medina Co. [Medina County] |
![]() | Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | unknown | Medina |
![]() | Halictus confusus confusus | 1885 | H. E. Summers | Medina |
![]() | Mougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Plum Creek |
![]() | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea | The Western Reserve. Brunswick |
![]() | Culicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Euphorbia commutata Engelm. ex A.Gray | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Lester |
![]() | Hinea Townsend, 1916 | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Brunswick |
All 309 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeyville | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Valley City Station | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Valley City | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lester | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Franks Corner | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hardscrabble | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Mallet Creek | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Brunswick | 3.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067472. 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.
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