Rugby, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brownhelm Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44089. The Survey maps it on the Vermilion East 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
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1903 USGS Vermilion quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Vermilion quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Vermilion East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,607 shownMuseums hold 1,607 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rugby (historical) between 1852 and 1974: 803 Fungi, 574 Animalia, 193 Plantae, 14 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 10 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Wright, A. E. Recksecker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cantharellus minor Peck | 1896 | F.D. Kelsey | Near Oberlin |
![]() | Coniophora byssoides (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Oberlin. |
![]() | Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr. | 1896 | Kelsey, Francis Duncan | Kipton |
![]() | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1852 | Drège | |
| Uncinula flexuosa Peck | 1872 | F.D. Kelsey | Oberlin | |
![]() | Parus bicolor Linnaeus, 1766 | 1874 | Woods, N. W. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1883 | not recorded | Black River, Lorain, Ohio |
![]() | Agrostemma githago L. | 1885 | Harper, R.A. | Oberlin |
![]() | Cercospora incarnata Henn. | 1885 | F. D. Kelsey | |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1885 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1885 | McCormick, L. M. | Lorain, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1885 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
All 1,607 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rugby (historical): 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Finnegan Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Birmingham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownhelm | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Brownhelm Station | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Henrietta | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Vermilion-on-the-Lake | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Kendeigh Corner | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Elberta Beach | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| South Amherst | 3.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071123. 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.
























