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

Shaker Village, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crosby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45030. It stands on Howard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shandon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shaker Village within Hamilton County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shaker Village (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Shaker Village (historical), surveyed 1915

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 1881 county history

20,408 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Crosby Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Crosby Township - 20,408 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 388 shown

Museums hold 388 specimens collected within 10 miles of Shaker Village (historical) between 1835 and 1975: 206 Fungi, 147 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 17 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan, A.R. Gaufin 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 Carex davisii, not of this specimenCarex davisii Schwein. & Torr.1835Frankin ditione Miami civitatis Ohio
A photograph of the species Mentha arvensis, not of this specimenMentha arvensis var. glabrata (Benth.) Fernald1835Collector unspecifiedMiami.
A photograph of the species Sanicula canadensis, not of this specimenSanicula canadensis L.1835Frankin ditione Miami civitatis Ohio
A photograph of the species Monotropa uniflora, not of this specimenMonotropa uniflora L.1836Haupt, J.G.4 mile NW. Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Viola L., not of this specimenViola L.1840Short, C.W.In America boerali prope Fernbank, ad ripas fluminis Ohio, prope North-Bend (Kentucky). | Fernbank - ad ripas fluminis Ohio, prope ''North Bend.'' [=In northern America, near Fernbank, beside the Ohio River, near North Bend (Kentucky).]
Berberidaceae1844Short, C.W.Fernbank, ad ripas fluminis Ohio, prope North Bend.
A photograph of the species Paronychia Mill., not of this specimenParonychia Mill.1844Short, C.W.In America boreali, (Fernbank, ad ripas fluminis Ohio, Kentucky).
A photograph of the species Polanisia dodecandra, not of this specimenPolanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.1844Short, C.W.Ohio. prope North Bend.
A photograph of the species Populus deltoides, not of this specimenPopulus deltoides W.Bartram ex Marshall1844Short, C.W.Ohio prope North Bend.
Dasyscyphus viridulus (Schrad.) Sacc.1898A. P. Morgan
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)White Water Creek, within northwest Whitewater township, near Hooven, Whitewater township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Dry Fork Whitewater Creek, within Crosby township, near New Haven, Crosby township

All 388 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 15 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Shaker Village (historical): 7 producers, 5 past producers, 3 plants. 10 still produce. 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
Allied Chem Corp PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bunnell Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dry Fork PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
F and C PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
F and C PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
New Haven1.2 miles14
Fernald3.0 miles14
Valley View (historical)3.9 miles19
New Baltimore4.3 miles14
Fort Scott4.6 miles14
Blue Jay4.6 miles19
Simonsons (historical)4.7 miles20
Harrison4.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1059666. 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.