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Talawanda Springs, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Israel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45003. The Survey maps it on the College Corner quadrangle.

Talawanda Springs within Preble County

Then and now

1915 to 1992

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 Talawanda Springs, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Talawanda Springs, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 1915 county history

5,510 words on this township

The county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Israel Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Israel Township - 5,510 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 259 shown

Museums hold 259 specimens collected within 10 miles of Talawanda Springs between 1877 and 1975: 134 Animalia, 76 Plantae, 44 Fungi, 5 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.L.; Bucholtz, I., Bacon; Hoffmann 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 Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Matthes,B.USA, Ohio, Hamilton County, Camden
Specimen of Bulgaria rufa Schwein.Bulgaria rufa Schwein.1909Fink, V.; Steven, W. G.In Houston's Woods [sic; Hueston Woods State Park, Butler and Preble counties].
Specimen of Cenangium ferruginosum Fr.Cenangium ferruginosum Fr.1909Bruce Fink
A photograph of the species Ramularia armoraciae, not of this specimenRamularia armoraciae Fuckel1890Elliott E. N.Morning Sun
A photograph of the species Bryum pseudotriquetrum, not of this specimenBryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods, east of Talawanda Creek
Campylium hispidulum (Brid.) Mitt.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods
A photograph of the species Cladonia furcata, not of this specimenCladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad., 17941909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Cladonia macilenta, not of this specimenCladonia macilenta var. bacillaris (Ach.) Schaer.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Cladonia peziziformis, not of this specimenCladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R.Laundon1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods State Park
A photograph of the species Dicranum scoparium, not of this specimenDicranum scoparium Hedw.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods
Specimen of Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1909Stover, W.G.Hueston Woods, Oxford, Ohio
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1909Braun, E. LucyHueston Woods

All 259 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
College Corner1.0 miles16
Morning Sun3.7 miles11
Claysburg (historical)4.0 miles13
Fairhaven4.5 miles13
Fosterville6.2 miles11
Muttonville8.3 miles11
Camden8.9 miles11
Corvin (historical)8.9 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Talawanda SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22344611The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1070963. 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.