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

Stillwater Junction, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Trotwood City. It lies in ZIP code area 45417. It stands on Dry Run. The Survey maps it on the Trotwood quadrangle.

Stillwater Junction within Montgomery County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

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 Stillwater Junction, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Stillwater Junction, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1,017 shown

Museums hold 1,017 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stillwater Junction between 1835 and 1975: 855 Animalia, 88 Plantae, 62 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Foeerste, A. E. Foerste, A. F. Foerste 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 Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
Specimen of Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.1897H. W. Anderson
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Iris versicolor, not of this specimenIris versicolor L.1839not recordedDayton. 2 mi. south

All 1,017 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stillwater Junction: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Olive Road Limestone PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Olive Road QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Broadway Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Haas Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Moraine Materials Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Deerpark Village1.0 miles13
Fort McKinley1.4 miles13
Cornell Heights1.6 miles16
Residence Park1.8 miles13
Upper Dayton View1.9 miles16
Crown Point2.1 miles13
Post Town2.2 miles13
Ridgewood Heights2.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065385. 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.