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Yale, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Palmyra Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44272. The Survey maps it on the Deerfield quadrangle.

Yale within Portage County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yale, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Yale, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

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.

In the 1885 county history

5,036 words on this township

The county history of 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Palmyra Township covers the vanguard, pioneer daniels, capt. baldwin, truman gilbert, arte- mus ruggles, the great trail, a noted character, pioneer dentistry.

Read the chapter on Palmyra Township - 5,036 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 222 shown

Museums hold 222 specimens collected within 10 miles of Yale between 1880 and 1975: 177 Animalia, 34 Plantae, 11 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, Andre F. Clewell 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 Hypoxylon glomeratum CookeHypoxylon glomeratum Cooke1920C. G. LloydLloyd
Specimen of Botrychium dissectum Spreng.Botrychium dissectum Spreng.1924Webb, Roscoe J.Alford's Glen
Specimen of Elimia H.Adams & A.Adams, 1854Elimia H.Adams & A.Adams, 18541928not recordedCongress Lake Outlet, SW of Kent, North America
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1880Collection of R. SpiresAtwater, Near
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 18981883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Glaucomys volans, not of this specimenGlaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758)1889C. P. StreatorRavenna
A photograph of the species Pyganodon cataracta, not of this specimenPyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)1894Sterki, VictorRootstown, Congress Lake Outlet and Cuyahoga River(pond to)
A photograph of the species Sagittunio nasutus, not of this specimenSagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817)1894Sterki, VictorRootstown
A photograph of the species Entodon seductrix, not of this specimenEntodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.1899W. A. KellermanEdinburgh
A photograph of the species Gomphus exilis, not of this specimenGomphus exilis Selys, 18541900E. Williamson[Not Stated]

All 222 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Yale: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Deerfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valley Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Portage County

Storms nearby

1 since 2026

The National Weather Service names Yale in 1 storm report between 2026 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026Thunderstorm WindYale$20,000Portion of the roof was damaged at Southeast High School between Edinburg and Palmyra.

Every storm recorded in Portage 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
All Seasons Lake Park1.2 miles14
Countrywide Estates3.3 miles18
Keans (historical)3.5 miles14
Palmyra3.5 miles14
Edinburg3.6 miles18
Deerfield3.7 miles14
Atwater Center3.8 miles18
Bloody Corners4.0 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on YaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22695664The 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 1049351. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.