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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Sampleville, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lanier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45381. The Survey maps it on the West Alexandria quadrangle. It stands 3,219 feet above sea level.

Sampleville within Preble 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 Sampleville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sampleville, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 1915 county history

2,967 words on this township

The county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Lanier Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Lanier Township - 2,967 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 867 shown

Museums hold 867 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sampleville between 1877 and 1974: 790 Animalia, 50 Fungi, 27 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin, B. Fink 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
Specimen of Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Matthes,B.USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Camden
Specimen of Uromyces ari-triphylli (Schwein.) SeelerUromyces ari-triphylli (Schwein.) Seeler1901W. A. KellermanWest Alexandria
Specimen of Equisetum arvense L.Equisetum arvense L.1940HoermansCamden.
A photograph of the species Uria lomvia, not of this specimenUria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)1896Stewart, R. T. (Robert T.)Israel Twp, Fairhaven, Preble, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta Pers., not of this specimenPhyllosticta Pers., 18181901W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Puccinia circaeae, not of this specimenPuccinia circaeae Pers.1901W. A. KellermanWest Alexandria
A photograph of the species Septoria oenotherae, not of this specimenSeptoria oenotherae Westend.1901W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Uromyces caladii, not of this specimenUromyces caladii (Schwein.) Farl.1901W. A. KellermanWest Alexandria
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1910Braun, Lucy E.
A photograph of the species Collybia zonata, not of this specimenCollybia zonata (Peck) Sacc.1911Overholts, L. O.Camden
A photograph of the species Crinipellis zonata, not of this specimenCrinipellis zonata (Peck) Sacc.1911L. O. OverholtsCamden
A photograph of the species Gymnopus dryophilus, not of this specimenGymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill1911L. O. OverholtsCamden

All 867 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sampleville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
West Alexandria PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wysong Gravel West Alexandria PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Preble 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
Ransom0.3 miles10
West Alexandria2.3 miles10
New Lexington2.5 miles8
Eaton3.2 miles11
Wheatville3.8 miles10
Dadsville4.0 miles10
Brennersville4.1 miles8
Oklahoma (historical)4.3 miles8

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 SamplevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54958298The 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 1061653. 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.