Stringtown, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45120. The Survey maps it on the Felicity quadrangle.
Then and now
1931 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 55 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
11 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.
- 1931 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Felicity quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:100000
In the 1891 county history
50 words on this townshipThe county history of 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Franklin Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Franklin Township - 50 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 85 shownMuseums hold 85 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stringtown between 1896 and 1974: 60 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M Bradford, Braun, E. Lucy, Bureau of Fisheries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Geothlypis formosa (A.Wilson, 1811) | 1896 | A.M Bradford | Bradford |
![]() | Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819) | 1909 | Bureau of Fisheries | Ohio River, Point Pleasant |
![]() | Plethobasus cyphus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | Bureau of Fisheries | Ohio River, Point Pleasant |
![]() | Cladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad., 1794 | 1913 | Braun, E. Lucy | Bethel |
![]() | Usnea strigosella | 1913 | Braun, E. Lucy | Bethel |
![]() | Asclepias incarnata L. | 1917 | Braun, E. Lucy | Bethel |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa L. | 1917 | Braun, E. Lucy | near Bethel |
| Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer. | 1917 | Braun, E. Lucy | Bethel | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua L. | 1917 | Braun, E. Lucy | near Bethel | |
| Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh | 1917 | Braun, E. Lucy | Bethel | |
| Catharinea Ehrh. ex D.Mohr | 1918 | Braun, E. Lucy | ||
![]() | Polytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot | 1918 | Braun, E. Lucy |
All 85 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedron Stone | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Howerton Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felicity | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cedron | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Chilo | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rural | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Utopia | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Olive | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Point Isabel | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Neville | 6.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049218. 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.


















