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

Queen Acres, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hanover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45013. It stands on Beals Run. The Survey maps it on the Millville quadrangle.

Queen Acres within Butler County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Queen Acres, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Queen Acres, surveyed 1915

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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Hanover township, in the words of 1905.

1905, Hanover Township

Encouragement To Enlist

To every able-bodied man, l'rom the age of eighteen to forty-five years, who wishes to enlist in defense of the honor and independence of their country for the term of live wars, will be paid; and whenever be shall have served the -aid term, or obtained an honorable discharge stating the faithful performance of Ids duty while in service, he shall be paid three months' extra pay, and and in case he should be killed in action, or die in the service.

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In the 1905 county history

446,593 words on this township

The county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Hanover Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hanover Township - 446,593 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,855 shown

Museums hold 1,855 specimens collected within 10 miles of Queen Acres between 1835 and 1975: 874 Animalia, 759 Fungi, 151 Plantae, 57 Protozoa, 13 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A. V. J.; W. G. S., 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of LeptostromataceaeLeptostromataceae1883Prof. W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181883W. A. KellermanLancaster.
Specimen of Taphrina communis (Sadeb.) Giesenh.Taphrina communis (Sadeb.) Giesenh.1888J. L. James
A photograph of the species Carex careyana, not of this specimenCarex careyana Torr. ex Dewey1835Collector unknownIn ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio.
Carex convoluta Mack.1835Collector unspecified"Miami"
A photograph of the species Carex gracillima, not of this specimenCarex gracillima Schwein.1835B. FrankIn ditione "Miami" civitatis Ohio.
A photograph of the species Calidris melanotos, not of this specimenCalidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)1879W. DouglassJones Station
A photograph of the species Mimus polyglottos, not of this specimenMimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758)1879Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones
A photograph of the species Spiza americana, not of this specimenSpiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Tringa flavipes, not of this specimenTringa flavipes (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones
A photograph of the species Tringa solitaria, not of this specimenTringa solitaria A.Wilson, 18131879Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Bartramia longicauda, not of this specimenBartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)1880Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones Station

All 1,855 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Queen Acres: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armco Inc/ Hamilton, OhioIronUnknown
American Materials/ Hamilton, OhioSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hilltop PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Indian Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Indian Creek Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schlichter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Schlichter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Symmes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Symmes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Butler County

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
Millville0.9 miles14
Alamo Heights1.8 miles15
Hanover (historical)2.3 miles14
Brookwood2.8 miles15
Edgewood2.9 miles15
Columbia Heights3.1 miles15
Forest Hills3.1 miles15
Auburn3.3 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122565950The 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 1056587. 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.