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Rossville, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Springcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45356. It stands on Shawnee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Piqua East quadrangle.

Rossville within Miami County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rossville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rossville, surveyed 1914

On record in Rossville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 323 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 323 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rossville between 1835 and 1973: 292 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 13 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin, A.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
Quercus macrocarpa Michx.1835Frank
Specimen of unnamed1897F. L. StevensSugar Grove.
Specimen of Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) RousselAlbugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897F.L. StevensSugar Grove
A photograph of the species Carex albursina, not of this specimenCarex albursina E.Sheld.1835Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex emmonsii, not of this specimenCarex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig1835Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Gentianella quinquefolia, not of this specimenGentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, in ditione civitatis Miami
A photograph of the species Cercosporina apii, not of this specimenCercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura1896Skinner C. W.Troy
Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus1896Skinner C. W.Troy
Specimen of Phyllosticta podophylli (M.A.Curtis) G.WinterPhyllosticta podophylli (M.A.Curtis) G.Winter1897F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck.Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck.1899Young, WU
A photograph of the species Daedalea confragosa, not of this specimenDaedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers.1906Fischer G. C.Troy
Specimen of Polyporus radicatus Schwein.Polyporus radicatus Schwein.1909ThomasTroy

All 323 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rossville: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Miami River QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Miami River Stone Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piqua MineralsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piqua QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ernst Gravel Co Plant No 1 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pence QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pique PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Spring Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spring Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Miami 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
Piqua0.9 miles16
Whitackers Court1.3 miles16
Landin Park2.2 miles15
Twin Lakes (historical)2.7 miles17
Farrington3.6 miles17
Jimtown (historical)3.8 miles13
Meyers (historical)4.5 miles15
Midway4.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049138. 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.