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

Simonsons, Ohio

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45030. The Survey maps it on the Hooven quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Simonsons within Hamilton County

Then and now

1915 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Simonsons (historical), surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Simonsons (historical), surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 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

22,476 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 Harrison Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Harrison Township - 22,476 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 478 shown

Museums hold 478 specimens collected within 10 miles of Simonsons (historical) between 1835 and 1975: 213 Fungi, 209 Animalia, 37 Plantae, 17 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, A. R. Gaufin, A.P. Morgan 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 Desmodium Desv., not of this specimenDesmodium Desv.1836Short, C.W.Fernbank - ad ripas fluminis Ohio prope 'North Bend' [banks of Ohio River near North Bend].
A photograph of the species Dicentra Bernh., not of this specimenDicentra Bernh.1836Short, C.W.Fernbank [=Fernbank Park] ad ripas fluminensis Ohio, prope North Bend, Kentucky.
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).]
A photograph of the species Aesculus L., not of this specimenAesculus L.1844Short, C.W.Fernbank - ad ripas fluminis Ohio prope North Bend [=Fernbank - the banks of the Ohio river near 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
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)White Water Creek, within northwest Whitewater township, near Hooven, Whitewater township

All 478 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 27 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Simonsons (historical): 14 past producers, 9 producers, 4 plants. 13 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
Ashcraft Sand and Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Barrett Paving PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bunnell Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cleves Plant Number 6 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cleves Plant Number 6 and PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dry Fork PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
East Miami PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East Miami Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Harrison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Fort Gass (historical)1.2 miles20
Harrison2.5 miles15
White Water Park2.7 miles20
Blue Jay2.7 miles19
Perryville (historical)3.6 miles20
Cilley (historical)3.6 miles20
New Haven3.7 miles14
Gieringer3.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1079997. 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.