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

Pritchard, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Paris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44444. The Survey maps it on the Windham quadrangle.

Pritchard within Portage County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pritchard, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Pritchard, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

In the 1885 county history

4,073 words on this township

The county history of 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Paris Township covers good land with a bad xame, slow settlement, organization, ciicrches and schools, some first events, notable happenings.

Read the chapter on Paris Township - 4,073 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 175 shown

Museums hold 175 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pritchard between 1884 and 1969: 158 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. J. Crandall, B.J.Crandall, Brobst, P. 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 Hypoxylon glomeratum CookeHypoxylon glomeratum Cooke1920C. G. LloydLloyd
Specimen of Botrychium dissectum Spreng.Botrychium dissectum Spreng.1924Webb, Roscoe J.Alford's Glen
Specimen of Agaricus sylvicola (Vittad.) PeckAgaricus sylvicola (Vittad.) Peck1964B. J. CrandallShawnee State Park
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Melanerpes carolinus, not of this specimenMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)1885Collector(s): S. N. DentonWindham
A photograph of the species Entodon seductrix, not of this specimenEntodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.1899W. A. KellermanEdinburgh
A photograph of the species Elymus canadensis, not of this specimenElymus canadensis L.1912Hopkins, L.S.Erie RR near Windham
A photograph of the species Brassica juncea, not of this specimenBrassica juncea (L.) Czern.1913Webb, R.J.Erie RR track, Windham
A photograph of the species Athyrium filix-femina, not of this specimenAthyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) G.Lawson1918Hopkins, L.S.near Windham
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sand Creek, within Windham township, near Windham, Windham township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sand Creek, within Windham township, near Windham, Windham township
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 18501928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sand Creek, within Windham township, near Windham, Windham township

All 175 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
Flicks Corners2.5 miles14
McClintocksburg2.5 miles13
Diamond2.6 miles14
Paris3.2 miles13
Harrisport (historical)3.3 miles13
Palmyra3.3 miles14
Davis3.6 miles14
Wayland3.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062957. 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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