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Resaca, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43064. The Survey maps it on the Plumwood quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Resaca within Madison County

Then and now

1916 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Resaca, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Resaca, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 1883 county history

5,409 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Monroe Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 5,409 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 281 shown

Museums hold 281 specimens collected within 10 miles of Resaca between 1908 and 1975: 271 Animalia, 8 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. Fink, Beattie R. K., Bowen, C. A. (Charles A.) 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
A photograph of the species Macrosporium catalpae, not of this specimenMacrosporium catalpae Ellis & G.Martin1908Rogers H. C.Mechanicsburg
A photograph of the species Scytinium fragrans, not of this specimenScytinium fragrans (Sm.) Otálora, P.M.Jørg. & Wedin1913B. FinkPeebles
Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.1918Wing Seed Co.?Mechanicsburg
A photograph of the species Lepidozia sylvatica, not of this specimenLepidozia sylvatica A.Evans1921Mrs. B. R. TaylorWest Jefferson
A photograph of the species Odontoschisma prostratum, not of this specimenOdontoschisma prostratum (Sw.) Trevis.1921Mrs. B. R. TaylorWest Jefferson
A photograph of the species Gibberella saubinetii, not of this specimenGibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc.1922Selby A. D.; Selby LinvilleMechanicsburg
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451927Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Big Darby Creek, within Darby township, near Plain City, Darby township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare flabellare Rafinesque, 18191927Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Big Darby Creek, within Darby township, near Plain City, Darby township
A photograph of the species Heterosporium gracile, not of this specimenHeterosporium gracile (Wallr.) Sacc.1927Owrey W. T.Mechanicsburg
A photograph of the species Minytrema melanops, not of this specimenMinytrema melanops (Rafinesque, 1820)1927not recordedDeer Creek, within Madison Co, Madison County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Pimephales promelas, not of this specimenPimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 18201927Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Big Darby Creek, within Darby township, near Plain City, Darby township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541927Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Big Darby Creek, within Darby township, near Plain City, Darby township

All 281 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
Plumwood3.2 miles10
Rosedale4.1 miles10
Gillivan5.0 miles13
Tradersville6.8 miles14
Deer Creek Village (historical)7.3 miles14
Amity7.4 miles12
Plain City7.5 miles12
Carters (historical)7.7 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on ResacaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7314916The 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 1070912. 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.