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.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed 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.
- 1901 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Bradner quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Bradner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bradner quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
29,120 words on this townshipHistory 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 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont. | 1906 | Raush E. W. | Lindsey |
![]() | Armillaria mellea var. glabra Gillet | 1907 | Fink, B. | Woodville |
![]() | Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers. | 1907 | Bubak F.? | Woodville |
![]() | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Muddy Creek, within northwest Jackson township, near Helena, Jackson township |
![]() | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Muskellunge Creek, within north Jackson township, near Burgoon, Jackson township |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Muskellunge Creek, within north Jackson township, near Burgoon, Jackson township |
![]() | Nocomis biguttatus (Kirtland, 1840) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Muddy Creek, within northwest Jackson township, near Helena, Jackson township |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Muskellunge Creek, within north Jackson township, near Burgoon, Jackson township |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1941 | Trautman, M. B. | |
![]() | Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818 | 1941 | Trautman, M. B. | |
![]() | Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1941 | Trautman, M. B. | |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1942 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Class | Portage 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 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibonsburg Plant Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gibonsburg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Hail | Rollersville | - | Nickel sized hail was observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinney | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Girton | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gibsonburg | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Helena | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Millersville | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Squires | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gibsonburg Junction (historical) | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Busy Corners | 7.1 miles | 12 |
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 Rollersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7361103 | The 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.



















