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

Sampson, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Neave Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45304. The Survey maps it on the Greenville East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sampson within Darke County

Then and now

1953 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sampson (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sampson (historical), surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

10,526 words on this township

The History of Darke County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Neave Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

There are a number of churches in the township, among which are a Methodist and a Union Church at Fort Jefferson, a United Brethren near Weaver's Station, and a church at Sampson. The village of Fort Jefferson was laid out in 1818, and Sampson in 1816. There are about fifty miles of road, much of which is piked. The population in 1870, of Neave Township, was 1,093.

Passage source: The History of Darke County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;, published 1880.

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 Neave Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 380 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 380 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sampson (historical) between 1838 and 1975: 357 Animalia, 14 Fungi, 8 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. F. C.; Stover, W. G., Albrecht, C. 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 Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)1969B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. AlwardBaker's Motel, near Norwick
A photograph of the species Callitriche palustris, not of this specimenCallitriche palustris L.1838Short, C.W.Lexington, Kentucky.
A photograph of the species Peronospora destructor, not of this specimenPeronospora destructor (Berk.) Casp. ex Berk.1883Collector unspecifiedIthaca
A photograph of the species Dispira americana, not of this specimenDispira americana Thaxt.1895Rush W. H.Greenville
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451905Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma microperca, not of this specimenEtheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 18881905Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
A photograph of the species Clitocybe multiceps, not of this specimenClitocybe multiceps Peck1906H.J. BrememanGreenville
A photograph of the species Peziza vesiculosa, not of this specimenPeziza vesiculosa Bull.1907Lucas, CGreenville
A photograph of the species Amanita phalloides, not of this specimenAmanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr.1909A. F. C.; Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Clitocybe odora, not of this specimenClitocybe odora (Bull.) P.Kumm.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Panaeolus solidipes, not of this specimenPanaeolus solidipes (Peck) Sacc.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Fomes lobatus, not of this specimenFomes lobatus Cooke1911Overholts L. O.Gettysburg

All 380 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sampson (historical): 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Fort Jefferson QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Fort Jefferson Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Slagle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Slagle Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Darke 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
Beechgrove1.4 miles8
Delisle1.6 miles12
Abbottsville2.5 miles12
Arcanum2.6 miles8
Steel Point2.9 miles12
Jaysville3.0 miles12
Fort Jefferson3.4 miles12
Frys Corners3.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1084315. 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.