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South Warsaw, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45806. The Survey maps it on the Lima quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 80 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
15 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.
- 1906 USGS Lima quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Lima quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lima quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lima quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lima quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lima quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
20,898 words on this townshipHistory of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Perry Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The first school in Perry was presided over by Leonard Skilling, in 1885. The same year a schoolhonse was erected on Section 8, located on the Bndd farm. Mr. Hnllinger, a settler of 1840, states that a schoolhonse was bnilt on Section 25, in 1844, where John Terry was employed as teacher. The advances made by the people in educational matters within the last half century are shown in the following statistics for 1884: Bevenne, $2,948.72; expenditure 12,860.78. There are eight school buildings, valued at 12,800. Fifteen teachers are employed. The number of pupils is 868 - 189 boys, 174 girls. In addition to the township schools there is the Perr^ special district, of which the following statistics are given: The receipts for 1884 were $1,852.77; expenditures $875. There are two schoolhouses, valued at $2,600. During the year thirty. nine teachers were employed, of whom only two taught the entire year. The number of pupils enrolled is ninety-six - forty-three boys and fifty-three girls.
Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885.
South Warsaw, on Section 35, Perry, was regularly laid out, but never rose above a small hamlet The little village comprises nine blocks of twenty lots, along the south bank of the Auglaize. A postoffice was established here, imd in the neighborhood are a few church buildings.
Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885.
^senter of Section 14; northwest comer of Section 29; west corner of Section 25; one in Section 35, west of Cherrv Grove Chorch, on same section, and Disciples Ohnrch, in northwest quarter of Section 34. A reference to the school statistics, shows the advanced condition of school interests. As good quality of stone is found in the northern sections of Perry.
Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885.
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 Perry Township - it names this place 17 more 17 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 237 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 237 specimens collected within 10 miles of South Warsaw between 1893 and 1975: 218 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Amstutz, K., Bezdek, H. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830) | 1940 | R. Rhoades | Auglaize River, Union Township |
 | Medicago sativa L. | 1961 | Robert H. Gray | 1 mile west of Lafayette. |
 | Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | 1893 | PH Kirsch | Sugar Creek, 2 miles north of Lima; Maumee River dr. |
 | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Lost Creek, Lima, Ohio |
 | Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Lima, Sugar Creek |
 | Amanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc. | 1902 | C. W. Dawson | Lima |
 | Amanita rubescens Pers. | 1902 | C. W. Dawson | Lima |
 | Amanita vaginata (Bull.) Lam. | 1902 | C. W. Dawson | Lima |
 | Flammula sapinea (Fr.) P.Kumm. | 1902 | C. W. Dawson | Lima |
All 237 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Warsaw: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Lima Ohio Refinery | Sulfur | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rousculp | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Yoder | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Westminster | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Eastwood Estates | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shady Grove (historical) | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Shawnee | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Country Estates | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Elmview | 6.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065358. 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.