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Withering Heights, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Green City. It lies in ZIP code area 44319. The Survey maps it on the Canal Fulton quadrangle.

Withering Heights within Summit County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Withering Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Withering Heights, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Green city, in the words of 1908.

1908, Green City

Chapter Xxxviii Enterprise, Etc

HUDSON THE PIONEER TOWNSHIP OF SUMMIT COUNTY--LONG AND PERILOUS JOURNEY - ' HOME AT LAST," JUNE, 1779 - EARLY PRIVATIONS - FIRST PUBLIC THANKSGIVING- PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION, JULY 4, 1800 - VITAL STATISTICS -WONDERFUL LONGEVITY OF EARLY SETTLERS - ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIP - INDIAN AND WILD BEAST EX PERIENCES--RELIGION, CHURCHES, ETC. - EDUCATIONAL MATTERS--WESTERN RESERVE COLLEGE, ITS RISE, PROGRESS AND DECLINE - HUDSON'S PAST AND PRESENT BUSINESS STATUS ~-MILITARY OPERATIONS - SPLENDID CIVIL RECORD - CRIMINAL MATTERS - THE MALONEY-STEPLETON HOMICIDE - EXCITEMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE - PURSUIT AND CAPTURE OF THE MURDERER- - TRIAL, LIFE SENTENCE, PARDON, SUBSEQUENT LIFE, ETC. - HUDSON'S PUBLIC SPIRIT, RAILROAD ENTERPRISE, ETC.

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In the 1908 county history

219,890 words on this township

The county history of 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Green City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Green City - 219,890 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 523 shown

Museums hold 523 specimens collected within 10 miles of Withering Heights between 1867 and 1975: 440 Animalia, 41 Plantae, 40 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. W. Cusick, A.E. Daugherty 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 Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
Specimen of Osmunda cinnamomea L.Osmunda cinnamomea L.1890Kofoid, C.A.Akron.
Specimen of Wynnea americana Thaxt.Wynnea americana Thaxt.1907Smith, GAkron, 450 Spicer St
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1867Collector(s): James Lee PetersAkron
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1880F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Geum aleppicum, not of this specimenGeum aleppicum Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Geum canadense, not of this specimenGeum canadense Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1888E.L. Sturtevant II
A photograph of the species Lonicera dioica, not of this specimenLonicera dioica L.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Penstemon hirsutus, not of this specimenPenstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Agrimonia gryposepala, not of this specimenAgrimonia gryposepala Wallr.1889ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron

All 523 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Withering Heights: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Carbon Limestone Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Barberton Sand Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Barberton Sand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Barberton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Greensburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Portage Lakes Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Portage Lakes Pit Number 2 & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Twin Lakes Sand, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Twinlakes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Hearthstone Estates0.3 miles18
Solar Estates0.5 miles18
Nimisila Sunset Heights0.5 miles18
Tamarack Lake Estates0.6 miles18
Sherylton Hills0.7 miles18
Kings Ridge0.7 miles18
Tamarack Highlands0.9 miles18
Camelot Hills1.0 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122543653The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2778161. 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.