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Rollersville, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43431. The Survey maps it on the Bradner quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.

Rollersville within Sandusky County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rollersville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rollersville, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed 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

29,120 words on this township

History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Scott Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Three old settlers, when asked who Patrick Byrne was, answered: "He was a fine Irishman." He settled in the northern part of the township, and acquired the reputation of being an industrious worker and excellent citizen. He sold his place in 1840, and in company with Jesse Johnson, a tenant, or more properly a hired man, started for the West, but was the victim of a fatal accident at the Rock River, Illinois. A hand was driving the stock across the stream, but in an attempt to swim the current, became exhausted, and sank. Byrne, seeing the man's peril, leaped into the stream, and succeeded in grasping the drowning man, who seized both of Byrne's arms with a death grip. Both sank, and were drowned.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

The Ballard family came from Rhode Island, and settled in Scott soon after the first settlement of the township. They were factory men in the East. One of them kept tavern in Rollersville for a number of years. They finally removed to Iow;i. Albin Ballard is now living in Michigan.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

George N. Snyder settled in this township at a very early date. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1808. In 1834 he married Mary Harmon, a native of Vermont, who died in 1870, leaving five children: Elizabeth, Scott; Merrit L., Fremont; Harvey J., Kansas; Mary E. (Boor), Scott; and Sarah E. (Cessna), Scott. Mr. Snyder married for his second wife, Mrs. Nancy Houston, widow of Alexander Houston, by whom he had twelve children.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

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 Scott Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 261 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 261 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rollersville between 1906 and 1975: 254 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Albiet, P., Beatty, B. (Brett) & Norrocky, M. J. (Michael J.), Beatty, B. (Brett), Hoke, B. & Norrocky, M. J. (Michael J.) 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 Puccinia malvacearum, not of this specimenPuccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont.1906Raush E. W.Lindsey
A photograph of the species Armillaria mellea, not of this specimenArmillaria mellea var. glabra Gillet1907Fink, B.Woodville
A photograph of the species Hericium coralloides, not of this specimenHericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers.1907Bubak F.?Woodville
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Muddy Creek, within northwest Jackson township, near Helena, Jackson township
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Muskellunge Creek, within north Jackson township, near Burgoon, Jackson township
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Muskellunge Creek, within north Jackson township, near Burgoon, Jackson township
A photograph of the species Nocomis biguttatus, not of this specimenNocomis biguttatus (Kirtland, 1840)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Muddy Creek, within northwest Jackson township, near Helena, Jackson township
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Muskellunge Creek, within north Jackson township, near Burgoon, Jackson township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201941Trautman, M. B.
A photograph of the species Noturus flavus, not of this specimenNoturus flavus Rafinesque, 18181941Trautman, M. B.
A photograph of the species Noturus gyrinus, not of this specimenNoturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817)1941Trautman, M. B.
A photograph of the species Ameiurus natalis, not of this specimenAmeiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819)1942Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & ClassPortage River, Sec 24 of Harris township, ~1.5 mi SW of Elmore, Harris township

All 261 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rollersville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Calcium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gibonsburg Plant QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Gibonsburg QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Gibonsburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gibonsburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sandusky County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rollersville in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010HailRollersville-Nickel sized hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Sandusky 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
Tinney4.0 miles12
Girton4.1 miles12
Gibsonburg4.3 miles12
Helena4.6 miles12
Millersville5.5 miles12
Squires6.1 miles12
Gibsonburg Junction (historical)7.1 miles12
Busy Corners7.1 miles12

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 RollersvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7361103The 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 1065244. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.