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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Whites Corner, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bellbrook City. It lies in ZIP code area 45305. The Survey maps it on the Bellbrook quadrangle.

Whites Corner within Greene County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Whites Corner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Whites Corner, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 104 shown

Museums hold 104 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whites Corner between 1896 and 1975: 103 Animalia, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C CROFT AND W DUELLMAN, Cooke, W. B.; Cooke, V. G., Coovert, G.A. 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
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 17661896Wright, Frank S.LOCNM: Zenia (near)
A photograph of the species Polistes fuscatus, not of this specimenPolistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793)1918W. T. MabowXenia
A photograph of the species Catocala epione, not of this specimenCatocala epione Drury, 17731937T. BockBellbrook
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 18501938Rhoades, R. (Randall)Beaver Creek, Sec 21 of Beaver Creek township, ~2 mi NE of Alpha, Beavercreek township
A photograph of the species Culaea inconstans, not of this specimenCulaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)1938Rhoades, R. (Randall)Beaver Creek, Sec 21 of Beaver Creek township, ~2 mi NE of Alpha, Beavercreek township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma variatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma variatum Kirtland, 18401938Rhoades, R. (Randall)Little Miami River, within Beaver Creek township (Sec 33 not likely), near Alpha, Beavercreek township
A photograph of the species Rhinichthys atratulus, not of this specimenRhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 18541938Rhoades, R. (Randall)Ludlow Creek tributary, within Beaver Creek township, near Alpha, Beavercreek township
A photograph of the species Catocala neogama, not of this specimenCatocala neogama J.E.Smith, 17971942D. H. KistnerBellbrook
A photograph of the species Catocala palaeogama, not of this specimenCatocala palaeogama Guenée, 18521945D. H. KistnerBellbrook
A photograph of the species Nerodia sipedon, not of this specimenNerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)1945W E DUELLMANBEAVER CREEK NEAR ALPHA
A photograph of the species Regina septemvittata, not of this specimenRegina septemvittata (Say, 1825)1945W E DUELLMANBELLBROOK
A photograph of the species Catocala innubens, not of this specimenCatocala innubens Guenée, 18521946D. H. KistnerBellbrook

All 104 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Whites Corner: 2 past producers, 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
Pyper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pyper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spring Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Bellbrook2.1 miles14
Washington Mills3.4 miles14
Spring Valley Estates3.9 miles13
Ferry4.0 miles13
Beavercreek5.5 miles14
Mount Saint John5.6 miles14
Spring Valley5.8 miles13
Valleywood6.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063092. 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.