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

Stringtown, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Tully Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43314. It stands on Mud Run. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stringtown within Marion County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

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 Stringtown (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Stringtown (historical), surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 15 shown

Museums hold 15 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stringtown (historical) between 1837 and 1969: 9 Animalia, 6 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Ogilvie, Collector(s): D. W. Kohlhorst, Collector(s): D. W. Kohlhorst; Preparator(s): D. W. Kohlhorst 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 Sagittaria latifolia Willd.Sagittaria latifolia Willd.1837Frank B
Specimen of Sicyos angulatus P.J.BergiusSicyos angulatus P.J.Bergius1837Frank Bin civitatate Ohio
A photograph of the species Cirsium arvense, not of this specimenCirsium arvense (L.) Scop.1919W. J. CampbellEdison
A photograph of the species Rallus limicola, not of this specimenRallus limicola limicola Vieillot, 18191923Lyle D. MillerClaridon, Lake Aquilla
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1924Lyle D. MillerClaridon
Citellus Oken, 18161944Collector(s): Robert L. Rausch3 miles north of Marion Ohio
A photograph of the species Solidago rigida, not of this specimenSolidago rigida L.1944A. Ogilvie5 mi N of Marion.
A photograph of the species Catocala amatrix, not of this specimenCatocala amatrix Hübner, 18131959John W. PeacockNear Caledonia Romine Residence
A photograph of the species Phyllonorycter tiliacella, not of this specimenPhyllonorycter tiliacella (Chambers, 1871)1960N. Kirichenko (coll. insects fromOhio, forest
A photograph of the species Scalopus aquaticus, not of this specimenScalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)1964Collector(s): D. W. Kohlhorst; Preparator(s): D. W. Kohlhorst1 mile N Caledonia
A photograph of the species Synaptomys cooperi, not of this specimenSynaptomys cooperi Baird, 18571964Collector(s): D. W. Kohlhorst1 mile N Caledonia
A photograph of the species Blarina brevicauda, not of this specimenBlarina brevicauda (Say, 1823)1969Mumford, RE3 km N of Brookston

All 15 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical): 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Caledonia PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Marbrick Number 1 PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbrick Number 1 PitClayProducer
Marion Brick PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Martel2.1 miles12
Caledonia2.8 miles12
Kirkpatrick3.3 miles11
Wood Valley4.1 miles13
Tobias6.3 miles11
Claridon6.8 miles13
Grandview Estates7.5 miles11
Air View Acres7.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049598. 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.