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Rushmore, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jennings Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45844. The Survey maps it on the Delphos quadrangle.

Rushmore within Putnam County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rushmore, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rushmore, surveyed 1911

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 county-history sources

813 words on this township

History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Jennings Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Rushmore is situated on the Northern Ohio railroad and the southwestern part of Jennings township. It is surrounded by rich farming lands and bids fair to become a thriving little village. It has a church and school building for the convenience of its patrons.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

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 Jennings Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 46 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rushmore between 1893 and 1969: 46 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by P. Kirsch, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, R. Rhoades & C. Clark 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 Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893P. KirschSugar Creek, Cloverdale
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Orconectes rusticus, not of this specimenOrconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)1939R. Rhoades & C. ClarkJennings Creek on SR 116
A photograph of the species Orconectes immunis, not of this specimenOrconectes immunis (Hagen, 1870)1940R. Rhoades & C. ClarkLittle Auglaize River, 2 miles South of Mandale
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)1956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Cyprinus carpio, not of this specimenCyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 17581956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Dorosoma cepedianum, not of this specimenDorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)1956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
Etheostoma olmstedi Storer, 18421956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)

All 46 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rushmore: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Rimer QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rimer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Rimer2.3 miles13
Fort Jennings3.2 miles13
Jones City3.8 miles13
Country Manor Estates4.9 miles13
Seitz5.1 miles13
Douglas5.3 miles13
Vaughnsville5.5 miles13
Ottoville6.1 miles13

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 RushmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22134221The 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 1045284. 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.