Washington Mills, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sugarcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45305. It stands on Captain Nathan Lammes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bellbrook quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1913 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1902 county history
3,936 words on this townshipThe county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sugarcreek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sugarcreek Township - 3,936 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 232 shownMuseums hold 232 specimens collected within 10 miles of Washington Mills between 1896 and 1975: 206 Animalia, 17 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Bauer, Arden R. Gaufin, B. G. Berger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg. | 1923 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | Clifton Gorge |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1896 | Wright, Frank S. | LOCNM: Zenia (near) |
| Calopompilus Ashmead, 1900 | 1902 | D.J. Knull; J.N. Knull | ||
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1908 | Lewis Sylvester Hopkins | Ohio, Greene county |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1908 | L. S. Hopkins | |
![]() | Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. | 1908 | L. S. Hopkins | |
![]() | Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1910 | Carter, J. B. (James B.) | Smith's Creek, Greene, Ohio, USA |
| Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm. | 1912 | Henry S. Jewett | Neff [House] Park | |
![]() | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1918 | W. T. Mabow | Xenia |
![]() | Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh. | 1918 | Stover W. G. | Xenia |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Hazard, F. O. et al. | Clifton Gorge: near springs & edge of creek, Greene Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) | Clifton Gorge: near springs & at edge of creek, Greene Co., Ohio |
All 232 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 12 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Washington Mills: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coates Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haines Road #419 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Phillips Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Phillips Sand and Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pyper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pyper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spring Valley Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
2 since 2023The National Weather Service names Washington Mills in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington Mills | $250 | An eight inch diameter tree was downed. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Washington Mills | - | The road was closed near the intersection of Stewart Road and Washington Mill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellbrook | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Valley Estates | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Valley | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Whites Corner | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Beavercreek | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Alpha | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Roxanna | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Trebein | 5.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063081. 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.























