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

Wilson, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in London City. It lies in ZIP code area 43140. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wilson within Madison County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilson (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wilson (historical), surveyed 1907

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 271 shown

Museums hold 271 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wilson (historical) between 1889 and 1972: 261 Animalia, 6 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by B. Fink, B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. Alward, Betz, E. 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 Chimarra obscura (Walker, 1852)Chimarra obscura (Walker, 1852)1898Scott O'Dee
Specimen of Chrysops cincticornis Walker, 1848Chrysops cincticornis Walker, 18481902not recorded
Specimen of Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838Chrysops niger Macquart, 18381902not recorded
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1889Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Coccyzus americanus, not of this specimenCoccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Melanerpes erythrocephalus, not of this specimenMelanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Passerina cyanea, not of this specimenPasserina cyanea (Linnaeus, 1766)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Spizella pusilla, not of this specimenSpizella pusilla (A.Wilson, 1810)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo Lacepede, not of this specimenButeo Lacepede, 17991894Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Otus asio, not of this specimenOtus asio (Linnaeus, 1758)1894Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bartramia longicauda, not of this specimenBartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)1896Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Nocomis micropogon, not of this specimenNocomis micropogon (Cope, 1865)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonLittle Darby, Franklin County, Ohio

All 271 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wilson (historical): 1 past producer. None of them 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
West Jefferson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Amherst Meadows0.3 miles14
Chevington Place0.4 miles14
Hyde Park0.5 miles14
Sheffield Commons0.7 miles14
Elmhurst1.2 miles14
Brooks Edge1.4 miles14
London1.7 miles14
London Terrace2.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067465. 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.