BlockSouth Amherst, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Amherst Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44001. The Survey maps it on the Kipton quadrangle. 1,581 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1903 against another survey:
On record in South Amherst
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Dean Road Bridgelisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresSouth Amherst fell from 1,688 to 1,581 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,688 | |
| 2020 | 1,581 | -107 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed 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.
- 1903 USGS Vermilion quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Kipton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Kipton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
21,546 words on this townshipHistory of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Amherst Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Chiliab Smith, of Tyringham, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, arrived in Amherst in October, 1815, bringing his wife and five chddren. He had three sons and two daughters, Warren, David, Sylvester, Lucia and Florinda. They are all dead but Sylvester, who lives at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the only descendants of the old pioneer living within the county, are three children of David Smith, Mrs. Wm. Annis, of South Amherst, and L. P.. Smith and Miss. L. E. Smith, of Elyria. Chiliab Smith, on coming into the township, settled on the south ridge road, about four miles west of Elyria, and there kept the first tavern in the vicinity. He died in 1847, and his wife in 18-i4.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
Eliphalet Redington, or Captain Redington as he was generally called, came to the township in February, 1818, became widely known, took a prominent part in many public affairs ; led an active life and exerted a strong influence in the community. He was a native of Berksliire county, Mitssachusctts, but came to'Amhei-st from Trumbull county, where he had resided for a short time. He was one of the committee appointed l)y the legislature to locate the road leading from the Miami of the lake road to Elyria. Eliphalet Redington settled on the South Ridge road. He had four children, Myra, now dead, who married Thompson Miles ; Ransom, also dead, who married Pamela Manter ; Tcrsa, who married Addison Tracey, and A. TI., whose wife is Jane Bryant. Mr. A. 11. Redington's home has l>een most of the time in South Amherst, though since 1875 he has been a citizen of Klyria.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
Nathaniel Bryant, senior, was born in Eastingtou, Gloucestershire, England, in the year 171:9. He came to America in 18"29, and settled in South Amherst with his son, John Bryant, in 1830. He died in South Amherst in 18:).5. His children were John, born in Sussex, England, in 1789. Mary (Mrs. Gilman), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, in 1795. Robert (Rev. IK. Bryant), born in Coventry, England, in 1797. Nathaniel, Jr., born in Coventry, England, in 1799. John Bryant was married to Pamela Collins in King Stanley, Gloucestershire, England, in 1813. Pamela Collins, wife of John Bryant, was born in King Stanley, England, in 1787, and was the daughter of John Collins. She died in Amherst, August 24, 18G4. John Bryant's children were: George, born in King Stanley, England, November 1, 1814; Jane, born June 1, 1816; Ann, born in 1819; John C, born in December, 1821; Henry B., born in April, 1824; Pamela C, born in 1820. This family came from England to America, in the fall of 1829, and remained in Philadeliihia during the winter. Moved to Norwalk, Ohio, m the spring of 1830, and thence to Amherst in the fall of the same year.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
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 Amherst Township - it names this place 9 more 9 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,113 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,113 specimens collected within 10 miles of South Amherst between 1852 and 1975: 1,012 Animalia, 830 Fungi, 230 Plantae, 16 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 12 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Wright, A. E. Recksecker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cantharellus minor Peck | 1896 | F.D. Kelsey | Near Oberlin |
 | Coniophora byssoides (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Oberlin. |
 | Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr. | 1896 | Kelsey, Francis Duncan | Kipton |
 | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1852 | Drège | |
 | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1853 | Baird, Spencer Fullerton | Black River, below falls at Elyria, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | S. Baird | Black River Elgria Ohio (above falls) |
 | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
 | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1894 | Dawson, W. L. (William Leon) | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
| Aecidium nesaeae W.R.Gerard | 1894 | Kelsey, F.D. | Lorain County, Ohio | |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1894 | F.D. Kelsey | Oberlin | |
 | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Oberlin Field W of Athletic Park, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
All 2,113 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Amherst: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Finnegan Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Birmingham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Amherst in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amherst | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off of a house on Tacoma Avenue. Several other trees were reported down in the City of Lorain. The Emergency Manager estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amherst | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on State Route 113. Several other trees were brought down by thunderstorm winds on State Route 57. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amherst | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amherst | - | Several tree limbs down in South Amherst. Multiple trees down in Amherst, including one tree blocking Leavitt Road near KFC. Time estimated via radar. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Amherst | - | Several trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendeigh Corner | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Whiskyville | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Henrietta | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Brownhelm | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Amherst | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rugby (historical) | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Brownhelm Station | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Robin Park | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on South Amherst | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q538780 | 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 1065346. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.