Troyton, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43015. The Survey maps it on the Waldo quadrangle.
Then and now
1924 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1924 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1924 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Delaware quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,457 shownMuseums hold 1,457 specimens collected within 10 miles of Troyton between 1837 and 1975: 1,257 Animalia, 94 Fungi, 92 Plantae, 6 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 4 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.P. Morgan, Adler, K. K., Allgeyer, S. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Caeoma agrimoniae Schwein. | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Ohio |
![]() | Peronospora sordida Berk. & Broome | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | Hayden Falls |
![]() | Plasmopara viticola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Berl. & De Toni | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Agaricus velutipes Curtis | 1837 | J.R. Paddock | |
![]() | Polyporus versicolor (L.) Fr. | 1838 | not recorded | |
![]() | Equisetum arvense L. | 1870 | Beardslee, H.C. | Moist soil. |
| Vernonia maxima Small | 1871 | Collector unspecified | Scioto | |
![]() | Sphaeria ulmea Fr. | 1880 | W. A. Kellermann | Ohio |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1882 | not recorded | Delaware, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Phyllosticta decidua Ellis & Kellerm. | 1882 | Kellerman | Ohio |
| unnamed | 1883 | Kellerman | Ohio | |
| Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetzel | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Ohio |
All 1,457 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 Troyton: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penry Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Penry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
5 since 2008The National Weather Service names Troyton in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troyton | 3 hurt, $5,000 | A camper trailer was overturned at Delaware State Park. A tree also fell onto a tent of campers. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troyton | $3,000 | A semi truck trailer was blown over on US Route 23 south of State Route 229. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troyton | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troyton | $500 | The top of a white pine tree was snapped off. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Troyton | - | Troy Road was closed between Norton Road and Radnor Road due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Meredith | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Radnor | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Windsor Corners | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oakdale | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Robertsburg | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Shelbourne Forest | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hayes Colony | 5.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547798 | The 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 1063063. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.























