Block
Portage Center, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Portage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45858. The Survey maps it on the Findlay quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1903 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
8,388 words on this townshipHistory of Hancock County [Ohio] from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Together with Remeiniscenses of Pioneer Life, Incidents, Statistical Tables, and Biographical Sketches, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Portage Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
He has lived long enough to see the vast improvement's made in the county, and to enjoy the fruits of his lahor. His wife died in 1850, and he afterwards married Jane Dudgeon, who died in 1879. In 1863 he was appointed Post Master at Portage Center, which oflice he held about sixteen years. In 1870 he united with the Methodist Epis- <^opal Church, and is still a member. His family has be- separated, some reside in Michigan, some in Indiana, and some in this county. Few men have passed through so checkered a life as has Mr. Johnston, coming to the county at an age when new scenes w'ould be most vividly impressed on his mind, and when the surroundings would be most heartily and most fully appreciated. He remembers with pleasure those who were his companions in that half century ago, many of them long since dead. Mr. Johnston, although in feeble health from old age, and past hardships, still retains his memory, and loves to talk of those days and scenes, and people of long ago.
Passage source: History of Hancock County [Ohio] from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Together with Remeiniscenses of Pioneer Life, Incidents, Statistical Tables, and Biographical Sketches, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 213 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 213 specimens collected within 10 miles of Portage Center between 1883 and 1975: 202 Animalia, 11 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by CL & LC Hubbs, CLARENCE CLARK, Collector(s): David E. Ferguson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Valsa nivea (Hoffm.) Fr. | 1906 | F. O. Grover | Near Black Swamp, Oberlin. |
 | Notropis boops Gilbert, 1884 | 1883 | Kirsch, P. H | Blanchard River, Findlay |
 | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Blanchard River, Findlay, Ohio |
 | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Blanchard River, Findley, Ohio |
 | Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) | 1893 | not recorded | Findlay, Blanchard River |
 | Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Findlay |
| Helminthosporium gramineum Rabenh. ex Schltdl. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Findlay | |
 | Helminthosporium sorokinianum Sacc. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Findlay |
 | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Findlay |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Eagle Creek, due S of Findlay; Maumee River drainage |
 | Cyprinella spiloptera (Cope, 1867) | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Eagle Creek, due S of Findlay; Maumee River drainage |
 | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1925 | CL & LC Hubbs | Eagle Creek, due S of Findlay; Maumee River drainage |
All 213 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphys | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Chase | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| McComb | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mortimer | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Van Buren | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Tree Estates | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Deweyville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Riverview Terrace Park | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063607. 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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