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

Prentice, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Northwood City. It lies in ZIP code area 43605. The Survey maps it on the Rossford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Prentice within Wood County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Prentice (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Prentice (historical), surveyed 1900

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Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 106 shown

Museums hold 106 specimens collected within 10 miles of Prentice (historical) between 1875 and 1975: 102 Animalia, 2 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Aborn, R., C. Rutter, CL & LC Hubbs 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 Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1907L. L. RedickPerrysburg
Specimen of Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)1908not recordedMaumee
Specimen of Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1920L. L. RedickPerrysburg
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1875LangdonIndian Hill, Kane County
A photograph of the species Orconectes propinquus, not of this specimenOrconectes propinquus (Girard, 1852)1893P. KirschMaumee Basin
A photograph of the species Palaemonetes kadiakensis, not of this specimenPalaemonetes kadiakensis M.J.Rathbun, 19021893P. KirschMaumee Basin
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1894C. RutterToledo (Perrysburg), Ohio
A photograph of the species Anaxyrus americanus, not of this specimenAnaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)1894not recordedPerrysburg, Maumee River
A photograph of the species Dorosoma cepedianum, not of this specimenDorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)1894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Graptemys geographica, not of this specimenGraptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817)1894not recordedPerrysburg, Maumee River
A photograph of the species Hiodon tergisus, not of this specimenHiodon tergisus Lesueur, 18181894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepisosteus osseus, not of this specimenLepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)1894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio

All 106 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rockwell (historical)1.0 miles14
Vickers1.4 miles17
Moundview Park1.6 miles17
Stanley1.7 miles14
Mound View1.9 miles17
Arbor Hills2.0 miles14
Candyce Grove2.1 miles14
East Gardens2.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050419. 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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