West Hartland, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hartland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44857. The Survey maps it on the Norwalk quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
12 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.
- 1915 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
In the 1896 county history
879 words on this townshipThe county history of 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hartland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hartland Township - 879 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 951 shownMuseums hold 951 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Hartland between 1887 and 1975: 487 Plantae, 382 Animalia, 78 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, B Zahuranec & party, Baumgartner, L. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray | 1887 | Leonard, F.E. | "Rich woods, bluff of Vermillion River at Beecher's. |
![]() | Rumex verticillatus L. | 1896 | Stair, L. D. | |
![]() | Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861) | 1898 | [Not Stated] | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Cephalanthus occidentalis L. | 1888 | Shafer, J.A. | W of Brighton near Cleveland |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Huron River, Monroeville |
![]() | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1893 | not recorded | Clarksfield, Vermillion River |
![]() | Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs | 1893 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Milan, Huron River |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1893 | not recorded | Vermillion River, Clarksfield, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | not recorded | Ohio, Monroeville, Huron River |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | not recorded | Ohio, Monroeville, Huron River |
![]() | Gymnosporangium clavipes Cooke & Peck | 1893 | Hall W. B. | Wakeman |
![]() | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1893 | not recorded | Ohio, Monroeville, Huron River |
All 951 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 West Hartland: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Riley Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland Station | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hartland | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Olena | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| East Townsend | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Collins | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Norwalk | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| East Norwalk | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Key Estates | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1053317. 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.























