BlockWhitmore, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Townsend Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43464. The Survey maps it on the Vickery 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed 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 Bellevue quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Bellevue quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vickery quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Vickery quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
25,678 words on this townshipHistory of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Townsend Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The Whitmoro family settled in this township on the Wadsworth farm in 1830. George and Margaret were the names of the parents. The children who came with them were Rachel, born in 1804; Janet, born in 1814; and John. Rachel married Holcomb Allen, and died at Port Huron, Michigan. Janet married Benjamin Winters, and died in this township. John Whitmpre was born in Leicester, Livingston county. New York, May 29, 1816, and came to Ohio with his parents in 1837. He married Marcia (Swift) Chapman. They had only one child, now living, Ann J., the wife of Walter Davlin. Mr. Whitmore became a most successful business man and a very prominent citizen. He died January i, 1881.
Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.
Simeon Haff was born in the State of New York in 1769. At the age of thirty he married Betsey Lyon, of the same State. In the spring of 1830 he came West, settled in Townsend, and passed the remainder of his days here. He died October 10, 1841. Mrs. Haff died March 18, 1852, aged sixty-six. Thfe family comprised five sons and six daughters. Four sons and two daughters are living - Hiram, Clyde; Israel, Indian Territory; Francis, Michigan, and Cyrus in Riley township. William, the third son, lived and died in this township, and brought up a family.
Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.
Walter Davlin was born in Erie county in 1833, his father havin,!^ been one of the pioneers in that part of the State. In 1862 he married Ann J., daughter of John Whitmore, and four years later settled permanently in this township. His children are: William, Marcia, Sadie, Margaret, and Ann J. Mrs. Davlin had two children by a former marriage, Carrie and John. Mr. Davlin is postmaster at Whitmore Station.
Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.
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 Townsend Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 604 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 604 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whitmore between 1865 and 1975: 524 Animalia, 65 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, Albiet, P. & Stone Lab Limnology Class, Anderson, J. (John) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alternaria crassa (Sacc.) Rands | 1915 | L.R. Jones | Clyde |
 | Elimia H.Adams & A.Adams, 1854 | 1921 | Dr. J.H. Beal | Lake Erie, Sandusky Bay, North America |
 | Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C.Presl | 1969 | Jones, G.T. | Damp deciduous woods after flood Townsend Twp., east od Whitmore. |
 | Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) | 1865 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Winous Pt., Bay Twp, Ottawa, Ohio, USA |
 | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | 1894 | not recorded | Sandusky River, mouth of |
 | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Near mouth Sandusky River, Ohio |
 | Moxostoma Rafinesque, 1820 | 1894 | C. Rutter | Near mouth Sandusky River, Ohio |
 | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Near mouth Sandusky River, Ohio |
 | Ammannia coccinea Rottb. | 1895 | Moseley, E.L. | Presque Isle Point, Peninsula |
 | Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1895 | Moseley, E.L. | Presque Isle Point, Sandusky Bay |
| Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont., 1849 | 1895 | W. Miller | Gypsum. | |
| Lindernia dubia (L.) Pennell | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Sandusky Bay, Presque Isle Point |
All 604 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Teemes (historical) | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Vickery | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sunset Harbor | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Whites Landing | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Edgewater Estates | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bayshore | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bay View | 4.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061815. 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.
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