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Willowdell, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Patterson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45380. The Survey maps it on the Osgood quadrangle.

Willowdell within Darke County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willowdell, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Willowdell, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 1880 county history

3,412 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Patterson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Patterson Township - 3,412 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 103 shown

Museums hold 103 specimens collected within 10 miles of Willowdell between 1919 and 1953: 97 Animalia, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by H. Price, H.L. Lewis, Lewis H. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Tilletia laevis J.G.KühnTilletia laevis J.G.Kühn1919not recordedVersailles
Specimen of Ustilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & SwingleUstilago nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle1919s.n.Versailles
Specimen of Ustilago tritici (Bjerk.) Rostr.Ustilago tritici (Bjerk.) Rostr.1919H.L. LewisVersailles
A photograph of the species Puccinia graminis, not of this specimenPuccinia graminis Pers.1919Lewis H. L.Versailles
A photograph of the species Puccinia rubigo-vera, not of this specimenPuccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton1919Lewis H. L.Versailles
A photograph of the species Septoria tritici, not of this specimenSeptoria tritici Roberge1919Lewis H. L.Versailles
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Pimephales promelas, not of this specimenPimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township
A photograph of the species Semotilus atromaculatus, not of this specimenSemotilus atromaculatus atromaculatus (Mitchill, 1818)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Wabash River, within Ex southeast Granville township, near Burkettsville, Granville township

All 103 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Strakers (historical)2.2 miles15
Yorkshire2.6 miles15
Osgood3.2 miles15
Delvin (historical)4.5 miles12
Frenchtown5.6 miles12
North Jacksonville5.7 miles13
Versailles6.0 miles13
Brock6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061789. 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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