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

River View, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hamilton City. It lies in ZIP code area 45013. It stands on Twomile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton quadrangle.

River View 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 River View, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of River View, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 1905 county history

179,514 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 Hamilton City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Hamilton City - 179,514 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 339 shown

Museums hold 339 specimens collected within 10 miles of River View between 1835 and 1975: 273 Animalia, 49 Plantae, 14 Fungi, 2 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin 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.
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 Coluber constrictor, not of this specimenColuber constrictor Linnaeus, 17581879not recordedHughes
A photograph of the species Diadophis punctatus, not of this specimenDiadophis punctatus arnyi Kennicott, 18591879not recordedHughes
A photograph of the species Lampropeltis triangulum, not of this specimenLampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789)1879not recordedHughes
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 Storeria dekayi, not of this specimenStoreria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)1879not recordedHughes

All 339 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of River View: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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
Aggregate Services PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
American Materials/ Hamilton, OhioSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Fairfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hamilton Plant #710Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New Miami PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
New Miami PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Warwickshire0.3 miles15
Grand View0.5 miles15
Lawn Park0.8 miles15
City View Heights0.8 miles15
Highland Park0.9 miles15
Hamilton0.9 miles15
Carmen Place1.3 miles15
Fordson Heights1.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1069277. 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.