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West Cairo, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45807. The Survey maps it on the Cairo quadrangle.

West Cairo within Allen County

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 West Cairo, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Cairo, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 county-history sources

45,665 words on this township

History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885; History of Allen County, Ohio, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Monroe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The mayors were Dr. J. S. Clippinger, 1875; Thomas BL Waltz, 1877; David Hartzog, 1879, was re-elected in 1881, and s^ved until October of that year, when he resigned to remove to Kansas. He was succeeded by Robert E. Davis, elected to fill unexpired term, and re-elected in April, 1883, and is now mayor of Cairo.

Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885.

The Methodist Episcopal Ghurch building was erected in 1868. The German Evangelical Lutheran Ghurch building was erected in 1870. The Ghristian Ghurch on the Perrysburg Boad, is one of the oldest buildings in or near the village. (See General History).

Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio. Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc, published 1885.

John Featheringill, section 1, 1835. Margaret Featheringill, section 3, 1836. Elias Featheringill, section 1, 1835. John Crawford, Jr., section 3, 1836. Joseph Sheets, section 1, 1835. Ellery Van Meter, section 8, 1836. Josiah Saravely, section 1, 1848. Hugh Downing, section 3, 1835. John H. Milliken, section 1, 1885. Sebastian Haunchy, section 4, 1836. Peter Lahman, section 1, 1850. Wm. Turner, section 4, 1836.

Passage source: History of Allen County, Ohio, published 1885.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Monroe Township - it names this place 16 more 16 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 120 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 120 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Cairo between 1893 and 1975: 101 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Amstutz, K., Bezdek, H. 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 Medicago sativa L.Medicago sativa L.1961Robert H. Gray1 mile west of Lafayette.
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Etheostoma spectabile, not of this specimenEtheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854)1893PH KirschSugar Creek, 2 miles north of Lima; Maumee River dr.
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191893P. KirschLost Creek, Lima, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Nerodia sipedon, not of this specimenNerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Regina septemvittata, not of this specimenRegina septemvittata (Say, 1825)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Thamnophis sirtalis, not of this specimenThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Amanita frostiana, not of this specimenAmanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc.1902C. W. DawsonLima
A photograph of the species Amanita rubescens, not of this specimenAmanita rubescens Pers.1902C. W. DawsonLima
A photograph of the species Amanita vaginata, not of this specimenAmanita vaginata (Bull.) Lam.1902C. W. DawsonLima
A photograph of the species Flammula sapinea, not of this specimenFlammula sapinea (Fr.) P.Kumm.1902C. W. DawsonLima

All 120 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Cairo: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Rockport S&G Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rockport Sand & Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Allen 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
Cairo0.3 miles15
Slabtown3.3 miles15
Rockport5.1 miles15
Beaverdam5.5 miles13
Beaver Dam Station5.6 miles13
Gomer5.7 miles14
Lima6.3 miles15
Hunters Chase6.3 miles14

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 Q122564706The 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 1049725. 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.