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North Springfield, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Akron City. It lies in ZIP code area 44312. The Survey maps it on the Akron East quadrangle.

North Springfield within Summit 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 North Springfield, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of North Springfield, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 county-history sources

22,626 words on this township

Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County : Embellished by Nearly Six Hundred Engravings--portraits of Pioneer Settlers, Prominent Citizens, Business, Official and Professional--ancient and Modern Views, Etc.; Nine-tenth's of a Century of Solid Local History--pioneer Incidents, Interesting Events--industrial, Commercial, Financial and Educational Progress, Biographies, Etc., published 1892; Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County [O.], published 1892; Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Akron City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Akron City - 22,626 words.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 713 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 713 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Springfield between 1867 and 1975: 602 Animalia, 65 Plantae, 44 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. W. Cusick, A. Woolman 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 Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianumBotrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum1888Wright, A.A.Tallmadge.
Specimen of Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.1889Foltz, Kent O.Sand Run Park; Akron
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
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 713 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of North Springfield: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 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
Arlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knight PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Knight Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Lerkis Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riverside PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Twin Lakes Sand Arlington 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
Sawyerwood0.4 miles16
White House Park0.7 miles16
Ellet0.7 miles16
The Willows1.1 miles16
Lakemore1.4 miles16
Derby Downs1.7 miles16
Mogadore2.0 miles16
Brittain2.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058525. 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.