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Rockledge Farms, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perrysburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43551. The Survey maps it on the Rossford quadrangle.

Rockledge Farms within Wood County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rockledge Farms, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rockledge Farms, surveyed 1900

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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.

In the 1897 county history

68 words on this township

The county history of 1897 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Perrysburg Township covers establishment of the township, its early history, justices of waynesfield, perrysburg township, officials, pioneer reminiscences.

Read the chapter on Perrysburg Township - 68 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 233 shown

Museums hold 233 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rockledge Farms between 1875 and 1975: 212 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Lose, Aborn, R., Angle, E. (Eric) 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 Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1907L. L. RedickPerrysburg
Specimen of Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)1908not recordedMaumee
Specimen of Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1920L. L. RedickPerrysburg
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1875LangdonIndian Hill, Kane County
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepisosteus osseus, not of this specimenLepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis cornutus, not of this specimenNotropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio

All 233 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rockledge Farms: 2 plants, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Maumee QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lime City PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Maumee PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Wood 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
Secor Woods0.2 miles14
Foxborough0.3 miles14
The Hamlet0.5 miles14
Parliament Place0.9 miles14
Belmont Farms1.0 miles14
Glenwood Addition1.2 miles14
Belmont Woods1.5 miles14
Colonial Acres1.5 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 Q122572435The 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 1951957. 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.