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Washington Court House, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Court House City. It lies in ZIP code area 43160. It stands on East Fork Paint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Washington Court House quadrangle. 14,401 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Washington Court House within Fayette County

Population over time

2 figures

Washington Court House grew from 14,192 to 14,401 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201014,192
202014,401+209 (+1%)

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Washington Court House, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Washington Court House, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Photographs

8 photographs, 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Washington Court House, Ohio. The bus depot
Washington Court House, Ohio. The bus depot
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Washington Court House, Ohio. A sign
Washington Court House, Ohio. A sign
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Washington Court House, Ohio. Bus schedule at the depot
Washington Court House, Ohio. Bus schedule at the depot
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Washington Court House, Ohio. A ticket agent inspecting some freight left by bus
Washington Court House, Ohio. A ticket agent inspecting some freight left by bus
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Washington Court House, Ohio. A ticket agent at a small bus station
Washington Court House, Ohio. A ticket agent at a small bus station
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Washington Court House, Ohio. Waiting for a bus
Washington Court House, Ohio. Waiting for a bus
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Washington Court House, Ohio. A sign
Washington Court House, Ohio. A sign
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress
Washington Court House, Ohio. Mothers with their babies waiting at the bus depot
Washington Court House, Ohio. Mothers with their babies waiting at the bus depot
Bubley, Esther, photographer, 1943. Library of Congress

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 232 shown

Museums hold 232 specimens collected within 10 miles of Washington Court House between 1907 and 1975: 227 Animalia, 3 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bowles, P. (Pearl), Brubaker, J. A. & Higgins, Brubaker, J. A. & Link, B. 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 Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)1909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Buena Vista
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1907Hegler, A. (Almer)Fairview, Fayette, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1907Hegler, A. (Almer)Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo lagopus, not of this specimenButeo lagopus sanctijohannis (Gmelin, 1788)1907Hegler, A. (Almer)Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Falco rusticolus, not of this specimenFalco rusticolus obsoletus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1907Hegler, A. (Almer)Washington C.H., Fayette, Ohio, USA
Tiphiidae1925Pallister, J. C. (John C.)Madison, Fayette Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Notropis heterolepis, not of this specimenNotropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 18931926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Rattlesnake Creek, no more precise locality provided, SW corner of Fayette County OH
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)water unknown, #10 Fayette Co, n/a, township n/a
A photograph of the species Opsopoeodus emiliae, not of this specimenOpsopoeodus emiliae Hay, 18811926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Sugar Creek, near NE corner of Clinton County OH locality is approximate based off Fishes of Ohio distribution map
A photograph of the species Plethodon richmondi, not of this specimenPlethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 19381929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Perry Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio

All 232 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Washington Court House: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sugar Creek QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Sugar Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Washington Oaks0.7 miles11
Jonesboro2.2 miles11
Eber3.0 miles11
Olympia (historical)3.3 miles11
Boyds4.1 miles11
Jasper Mills4.5 miles12
Staunton4.8 miles11
Luray4.9 miles12

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 Washington Court HouseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2203766The 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 1085492. 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.