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Roberts, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43162. The Survey maps it on the West Jefferson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1907 USGS London quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS London quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS West Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS West Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jefferson township, The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
The Sickly Seasons Of 1822-23
In 1873-74 a series of articles were contributed to the Plain City Press by Dr. Jeremiah Converse, of Darby township, in one of which he gives the following' graphic description of the malarial epidemic that spread desolation over the eastern part of Madison county sixty years ago. He says: "In 1822-23 this country was visited with a terrible epidemic, which struck down many of the hardy pioneers and laid them low in the dust.
In the county-history sources
19,055 words on this townshipHistory of Madison County, Ohio : Its People, Industries and Institution with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The town was laid out on September 13. 1830, by Rev. Isaac Jones, who owned the land. The first plat called for sixty-four lots and was surveyed in the fall of the same year by Janies Millikan. Unlike most towns, only a few years elapsed until, on April 24, 1834, the first meeting was held for the incorporation of the village. This meeting was held at the postoffice and motions were passed to have special laws and town government, as the citizens deemed advisable. At this meeting John W. Simpkins was chosen president; David Wilson, recorder; David Mortimore, Ferrin H. Olmsteadt, James Roberts, Wilson Graham, Abraham Hare and Joseph Powers were chosen common council ; Joseph Powers was chosen marshal and Ezekiel Arnett was appointed the first street supervisor.
Passage source: History of Madison County, Ohio : Its People, Industries and Institution with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1915.
The first ordinance the council passed was to charge circus shows, etc., the sum of ten dollars license for every twenty-four hours' exhibition. At the same meeting they passed an ordinance to charge a grocery-keeper the sum of thirty-five dollars license a year. In May. 1834. the council passed an ordinance that the president should have for his services and stationery annually, twelve dollars; recorder, ten dollars; marshal, five dollars, and treasurer, five dollars. At the second meeting of the council all members for non-attendance. Subseciuently, James Roberts was also fined one dollar for nonattendance, but this sum was refunded to both in August, 1834. The first calaboose was were present save Olmsteadt, who, by motion of Abraham Hare, was fined one dollar built in 1S35, at a cost of about sixty dollars.
Passage source: History of Madison County, Ohio : Its People, Industries and Institution with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1915.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 612 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 612 specimens collected within 10 miles of Roberts (historical) between 1885 and 1975: 522 Animalia, 58 Fungi, 32 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, B. Fink, Betz, E. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Physcia syncolla Tuck. ex Nyl. | 1893 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Caloplaca sideritis (Tuck.) Zahlb. | 1894 | E. Bogue | Georgesville. |
 | Anaptychia comosa (Eschw.) A.Massal. | 1895 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Chiloscyphus ascendens (Wilson & Hook.) Sull. | 1885 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788) | 1889 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | London, Madison, Ohio, USA |
 | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Tortella humilis (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
 | Anomodon minor (Hedw.) Lindb. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
 | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Georgesville |
| Leskea gracilescens Hedw. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | ||
 | Andropogon gerardi Vitman | 1892 | Werner, W.C. | Georgeville |
All 612 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Roberts (historical): 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Madison Limestone Quarry | Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Olen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Olen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakwood Acres | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Willows (historical) | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Jefferson | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hidden Creek At The Darby | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Carters (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Gillivan | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lilly Chapel | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rupert | 4.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067463. 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.