Sandy Corners, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43016. The Survey maps it on the Hilliard quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1901 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
In the 1858 county history
333 words on this townshipThe county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 333 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,177 shownMuseums hold 2,177 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sandy Corners between 1804 and 1975: 2,113 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 23 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. J. P., A. Spreitzer, A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana | 1804 | Dr. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1805 | J. R. Paddock | Worthington |
![]() | Carex comosa Boott | 1809 | Collector unknown | Worthington, O. [Inferred county from precise loc.] |
![]() | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1840 | Collector unspecified | "4 miles west of Columbus" |
![]() | Serpoleskea confervoides (Brid.) Loeske | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | 6 miles above Columbus |
![]() | Polioptila caerulea caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1875 | Muriealin, J | Flint? |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1877 | P.N. Wheaton | Columbus |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | United States Bureau of Fisheries, R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Ohio, Scioto River, Franklin County |
![]() | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Olentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1897 | not recorded | Olentangy River, Franklin County, Franklin County, township n/a |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1897 | R. Osburn & E. Williamson | Olentangy River, Franklin County, Ohio |
![]() | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1897 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) & Williamson, E. B. | Olentangy River, within Franklin Co, Franklin County, township n/a |
All 2,177 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashleigh Village | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Amlin | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Carrington Place | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Avery Estates | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hayden Run Village | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Britton Farms | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Heather Ridge | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hayden | 2.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556134 | The 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 1049154. 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.
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