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

Rich Hill, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Hilliar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43011. It stands on Rich Hill. The Survey maps it on the Centerburg quadrangle.

Rich Hill within Knox County

Then and now

1915 to 1966

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rich Hill, surveyed 1966
Topographic sheet of Rich Hill, surveyed 1915

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 county-history sources

14,774 words on this township

History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest; a Complete History of Knox County ... a Record of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Hilliar Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

An election for township officers was ordered to be held on the fifteenth of September, 18 18, at the house of Thomas Merrill; at which James Pell, James Houck and Jacob Houck officiated as judges; and John Borden and Joseph Jennings as clerks. There were eighteen voters, namely: James Houck, James Pell, Aaron Hill, John Davis, Benjamin F. Hilliar, John Pell, James Severe, Joseph Jennings, Samuel Sickle, James Bell and John Donelson.

Passage source: History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest; a Complete History of Knox County ... a Record of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

The following officers were elected: James Houck, Joseph Jennings and James Pell, trustees; John Severe and James Bell, overseers; James Severe and William Houck, fenceviewers; Jacob Houck, lister; James Pell, appraiser; William Russell, constable; James Houck, treasurer; James Severe, supervisor.

Passage source: History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest; a Complete History of Knox County ... a Record of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

Centreburgh was laid out in October, 1830, by Edson Harkness, surveyor, and the plat recorded December 22, 1834, by Stephen Sutton and Jacob Houck, owners of the land on which the town now stands. They gave the new town the name of Centreburgh because it was in, the centre of the township, and supposed to be in the centre of the State. The principal part of the plat was located on the northwest side of the State road. The first house was built on lot thirty-five of the town plat by Harvey j

Passage source: History of Knox County, Ohio, Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest; a Complete History of Knox County ... a Record of Its Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of Its Early Settlers and Prominent Men ... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Hilliar Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 349 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 349 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rich Hill between 1835 and 1974: 323 Animalia, 23 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. P. Morgan; Ellis, Adler, K. K. 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 Fusicladium Bonord.Fusicladium Bonord.1883W. A. Kellermann
Specimen of Phyllosticta lappae Sacc.Phyllosticta lappae Sacc.1883W. A. Kellermann
Specimen of Phyllosticta persicae Sacc.Phyllosticta persicae Sacc.1883W. A. Kellermann
A photograph of the species Polystichum acrostichoides, not of this specimenPolystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, s.loc.
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1863not recordedUSA, NNO-, OHIO*, GHOTA RIVER ,
A photograph of the species Ascochyta Lib., not of this specimenAscochyta Lib., 18301883Kellerman
A photograph of the species Nummularia microplaca, not of this specimenNummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Cooke1883W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819Septoria E.M.Fries, 18191883W. A. Kellermann
A photograph of the species Septoria ribis, not of this specimenSeptoria ribis (Lib.) Desm.1883W. A. Kellermann
A photograph of the species Uromyces Unger, not of this specimenUromyces (Link) Unger, 18331883Kellerman
Specimen of Bovistella MorganBovistella Morgan1885A. P. Morgan
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1888No Person (Birds)

All 349 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
Centerburg2.0 miles10
Hedington Corners2.1 miles10
Mount Liberty5.4 miles10
Myers Corners5.5 miles10
Milfordton6.7 miles10
Five Corners7.2 miles10
Dalrymple Corners8.4 miles11
Bangs9.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1084272. 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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