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

Williamsport, Ohio

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lexington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44601. The Survey maps it on the Alliance quadrangle.

Williamsport within Stark County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Williamsport, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Williamsport, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 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

1,785 words on this township

The county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Lexington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

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 Lexington Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 75 specimens collected within 10 miles of Williamsport between 1890 and 1975: 71 Animalia, 2 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Bryan, J. M., Collector(s): William D. Stull 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 Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1890Paul MorrisAlliance, near
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1893Sterki, VictorAlliance
A photograph of the species Picoides pubescens, not of this specimenPicoides pubescens medianus (Swainson, 1832)1903not recordedNew Baltimore
A photograph of the species Passerina ciris, not of this specimenPasserina ciris (Linnaeus, 1758)1905F. A. W. DeanAlliance
A photograph of the species Etheostoma variatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma variatum Kirtland, 18401930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Mahoning River tributary, within north central Concord township, near Limaville, Lexington township
Eupelmidae1934VL WildermuthAlliance
A photograph of the species Carex alopecoidea, not of this specimenCarex alopecoidea Tuck.1937R. E. ShanksAtwater, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1941Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & ScottDeer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1941Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & ScottDeer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1941Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & ScottDeer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1941Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & ScottDeer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651941Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & ScottDeer Creek, 0.25 mi west of Limaville, ~0.3 mi W of Limaville, Lexington township

All 75 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Williamsport: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Coal. 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
J & R PitClay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, CoalProducer
Alliance Brick Corp. Pit Number 2ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Alliance Brick Corp. Pit Number 2ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stark 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
New Guinea (historical)0.8 miles20
Bolton1.1 miles20
Alliance1.4 miles20
Lexington2.0 miles20
Mount Union2.4 miles20
Hillcrest2.9 miles20
Beechwood3.6 miles18
Shaffers (historical)3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057365. 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.