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

Wards, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45856. The Survey maps it on the Ottawa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wards within Putnam County

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wards (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wards (historical), surveyed 1908

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.

In the 1915 county history

909 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 Liberty Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Liberty Township - 909 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 86 shown

Museums hold 86 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wards (historical) between 1860 and 1969: 78 Animalia, 8 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1893Bureau of FisheriesBlanchard River
Specimen of Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1893not recordedBlanchard River, Ottawa
Specimen of Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)1893O. E.Blanchard River, Ottawa
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBlanchard R. at Ottawa
A photograph of the species Botaurus lentiginosus, not of this specimenBotaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Calidris alpina, not of this specimenCalidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Calidris minutilla, not of this specimenCalidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Chlidonias niger, not of this specimenChlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinula chloropus, not of this specimenGallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Sterna hirundo, not of this specimenSterna hirundo Linnaeus, 17581878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Botaurus Stephens, not of this specimenBotaurus Stephens, 18191879not recorded

All 86 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
Elm Center1.4 miles12
New Cleveland2.5 miles12
West Leipsic3.4 miles12
Miller City3.5 miles11
Prentiss4.2 miles11
Leipsic4.3 miles9
Madeira (historical)4.4 miles11
Leipsic Junction4.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050096. 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.

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