Whiskyville, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Amherst Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44001. The Survey maps it on the Oberlin quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
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.
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,151 shownMuseums hold 2,151 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whiskyville between 1853 and 1975: 1,054 Animalia, 830 Fungi, 225 Plantae, 17 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 12 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Wright, A. E. Recksecker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cantharellus minor Peck | 1896 | F.D. Kelsey | Near Oberlin |
![]() | Coniophora byssoides (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Oberlin. |
![]() | Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr. | 1896 | Kelsey, Francis Duncan | Kipton |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1853 | Baird, Spencer Fullerton | Black River, below falls at Elyria, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | S. Baird | Black River Elgria Ohio (above falls) |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1894 | Dawson, W. L. (William Leon) | Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
| Aecidium nesaeae W.R.Gerard | 1894 | Kelsey, F.D. | Lorain County, Ohio | |
| Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1894 | F.D. Kelsey | Oberlin | |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Oberlin Field W of Athletic Park, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr. | 1894 | F. D. Kelsey |
All 2,151 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Whiskyville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cleveland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Finnegan Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Lorain Cnty Hwy Dept. Stone Quarry | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Kendeigh Corner | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| South Amherst | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| West Ridge Green | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Twin Lakes Homes | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Brownhelm | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Penfield Junction | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Oberlin | 5.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067451. 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.























