BlockYork, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Townsend Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43410. The Survey maps it on the Clyde quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Bellevue quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Bellevue quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Clyde quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
25,678 words on this townshipHistory of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Townsend Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
SANDUSKY Bay and Erie county on the north, Erie connty on the east, York township on the south, and Riley township on the west, form the boundaries of Townsend. It was ordered by the county commissioners at their April session, 1820:
Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.
That a township be detached from the town of Croghanville, to be known by the name of "Town send," bounded as follows: Beginning on the east bank of Green Creek, at the division line between Sandusky and Seneca counties, thence east with said line to the east line of Seneca reservation, thence north along said line until it shall intersect the road leading from Croghanville to Strong's settlement, thence along said road until it shall reach the Huron county line, thence north along said line to Sandusky Bay, thence along the shore of the bay until it shall reach Green Creek, thence along the bank of the creek to the place of beginning.
Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.
The Townsend family, whose name the township bears, made the second improvement on the present Brush farm, in the spring of 1818. Abraham Townsend emigrated from New York to Canada before the War of 181 2. His son, Ephraim K., joined the United States army, which circumstance, together with his known sympathy with his native country, made it not only judicious, but necessary,atthe opening of that unfortunate struggle, for the family to return to the States. The war over Mr. Townsend was one among the earliest of the pioneers of Northern Ohio, and in 1818 pushed into the thick and heavyforest of this county. The place of settlement had possibly been selected, during the war, by Ephraini K. The family, at the time of coming to this county, numbered two sons and five daughters, viz: Ephraim K. and Gamalial, Margaret (Chittendon), Betsey, wife of Addy Van Ness, Mary (Loux), Amy, and Eliza. Mr. Townsend removed to Huron county about 1824, and a few years later to Michigan. Ephraim K. remained in Townsend, where he owned eighty acres of land, until 1826, when he removed to Sandusky City, where he died the following year. Mr. Townsend was the first clerk of the township. He married Rebecca Tew in 1820. The farm was purchased in 1826 by Mr. Tibbals, who died the following year.
Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.
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 Townsend Township - it names this place 60 more 60 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 616 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 616 specimens collected within 10 miles of York between 1865 and 1975: 536 Animalia, 65 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, Albiet, P. & Stone Lab Limnology Class, Anderson, J. (John) 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alternaria crassa (Sacc.) Rands | 1915 | L.R. Jones | Clyde |
 | Elimia H.Adams & A.Adams, 1854 | 1921 | Dr. J.H. Beal | Lake Erie, Sandusky Bay, North America |
 | Athyrium angustum (Willd.) C.Presl | 1969 | Jones, G.T. | Damp deciduous woods after flood Townsend Twp., east od Whitmore. |
 | Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770) | 1865 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Winous Pt., Bay Twp, Ottawa, Ohio, USA |
 | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | 1894 | not recorded | Sandusky River, mouth of |
 | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Near mouth Sandusky River, Ohio |
 | Moxostoma Rafinesque, 1820 | 1894 | C. Rutter | Near mouth Sandusky River, Ohio |
 | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Near mouth Sandusky River, Ohio |
 | Ammannia coccinea Rottb. | 1895 | Moseley, E.L. | Presque Isle Point, Peninsula |
 | Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | 1895 | Moseley, E.L. | Presque Isle Point, Sandusky Bay |
| Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont., 1849 | 1895 | W. Miller | Gypsum. | |
| Lindernia dubia (L.) Pennell | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Sandusky Bay, Presque Isle Point |
All 616 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of York: 2 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kline Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kline Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmore | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Vickery | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wales Corners | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Teemes (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sunset Harbor | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bayshore | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Whites Landing | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Edgewater Estates | 5.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065737. 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.