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

Smiley, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45880. The Survey maps it on the Woodburn South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Smiley within Paulding County

Then and now

1953 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Smiley (historical), surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Smiley (historical), surveyed 1953

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Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 534 shown

Museums hold 534 specimens collected within 10 miles of Smiley (historical) between 1893 and 1960: 534 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C L CLARK FROM HOMER PRICE, Collector(s): Harold H. Bailey, Ehrhart, O. E. 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 Notropis ariommus, not of this specimenNotropis ariommus (Cope, 1867)1893Kirsch, P. (Philip)Maumee River, 2.5 mi above Antwerp, ~3.2 mi W of Antwerp, Carryall township
A photograph of the species Tyrannus tyrannus, not of this specimenTyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)1909Collector(s): Harold H. BaileyPayne
A photograph of the species Geothlypis trichas, not of this specimenGeothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Passerherbulus henslowii, not of this specimenPasserherbulus henslowii (Audubon, 1829)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pooecetes gramineus, not of this specimenPooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1915Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Bubo virginianus, not of this specimenBubo virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1916not recordedPayne
A photograph of the species Charadrius vociferus, not of this specimenCharadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 17581916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Corvus brachyrhynchos, not of this specimenCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 18221916H. PriceOHIO: Paulding County; Payne
A photograph of the species Falco sparverius, not of this specimenFalco sparverius Linnaeus, 17581916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Icterus spurius, not of this specimenIcterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Sayornis phoebe, not of this specimenSayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio

All 534 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Payne3.5 miles12
Nindeville (historical)4.1 miles11
Baldwin4.1 miles11
McGill4.2 miles11
Batson4.8 miles12
Logtown5.7 miles12
Sophia (historical)6.1 miles12
New Harrison (historical)6.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1066280. 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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