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

Steinman, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45860. The Survey maps it on the Osgood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Steinman within Mercer County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Steinman (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Steinman (historical), surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 1907 county history

1,639 words on this township

The county history of 1907 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Marion Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Marion Township - 1,639 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 31 shown

Museums hold 31 specimens collected within 10 miles of Steinman (historical) between 1886 and 1962: 30 Animalia, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Clark, Clarke, Arthur H., Collector unknown 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
Specimen of Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830)Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830)1938C. ClarkEightmile Creek, Noble Township, S28
Specimen of Aeshna constricta Say, 1840Aeshna constricta Say, 18401945H. PriceGrand Reservoir near mouth Chickasaw Creek
A photograph of the species Umbra limi, not of this specimenUmbra limi (Kirtland, 1840)1886Meek and HarrisMontezuma
A photograph of the species Strophitus undulatus, not of this specimenStrophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)1913Goodrich, CalvinSt Henry
A photograph of the species Chara schweinitzii, not of this specimenChara schweinitzii (A.Braun) Kütz., 18571920Collector unknownLake St. Mary, south of South Side
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Cistothorus palustris, not of this specimenCistothorus palustris (A.Wilson, 1810)1929H. T. PriceGrand Reservoir, Montezuma
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Pimephales promelas, not of this specimenPimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township

All 31 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
Maria Stein2.8 miles13
Saint Johns3.0 miles13
Saint Rosa3.0 miles13
Cassella4.1 miles13
Chickasaw4.8 miles13
Cranberry Prairie4.9 miles13
Sebastian5.4 miles13
Carthagena5.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1068235. 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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