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

The Willows, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44312. It stands on Wingfoot Lake Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Akron East quadrangle.

The Willows within Summit County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of The Willows, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of The Willows, surveyed 1906

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 1908 county history

139 words on this township

The county history of 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Springfield Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Springfield Township - 139 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 605 shown

Museums hold 605 specimens collected within 10 miles of The Willows between 1867 and 1975: 498 Animalia, 64 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. W. Cusick, A. Woolman 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 Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianumBotrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum1888Wright, A.A.Tallmadge.
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
Specimen of Osmunda cinnamomea L.Osmunda cinnamomea L.1890Kofoid, C.A.Akron.
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1867Collector(s): James Lee PetersAkron
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1880F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Geum aleppicum, not of this specimenGeum aleppicum Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Geum canadense, not of this specimenGeum canadense Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1888E.L. Sturtevant II
A photograph of the species Lonicera dioica, not of this specimenLonicera dioica L.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Penstemon hirsutus, not of this specimenPenstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Agrimonia gryposepala, not of this specimenAgrimonia gryposepala Wallr.1889ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron

All 605 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of The Willows: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knight PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Knight Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Lakes Sand Arlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
North Springfield1.1 miles16
Mogadore1.1 miles16
Sawyerwood1.4 miles16
Ellet1.4 miles16
White House Park1.4 miles16
Lakemore1.6 miles16
Derby Downs2.6 miles16
Millheim3.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2542444. 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.