40 topographic sheets cover 26 settlements here, and 21 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
21 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 2 stories and name 1 person · people the book names include George Stephan (Huntington Township, 1919) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: Chapter Yii; Chapter Vii. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
City of Huntington - The Red Man's Resort - The Helvey Brothers - Other Early Comers - Gen. John Tipton - Securing the County Seat - Early Records - First Election - Early Trade and Commerce - Some of the Old Settlers - Wabash & Erie Canal - Indian Agency - Incorporation - List of Officers - Changes in the Business Center - Additions --The Cholera Scourge - Churches of the Town - Secret Societies - The Press - Banks - Manufacturing AND Other Industries - Fire Department - Gold and Natural Gas Excitements - Coming of the Railroad.
City of Huntington - The Red Man's Resort - The Helvey Beothkes - Other Early Comers - Gen. John Tipton - Securing the County Seat - Early Records - Eirst Election - Early Trade and Commerce - Some of the Old Settlers - Wabash & Erie Canal - Indian Agency - Incorporation - List of Officers - Changes in the Business Center - Additions -- The Cholera Scourge - Churches op the Town - Seceet Societies - The Press - Banks - Manufacturing AND Other Industries - Fire Department - Gold and Natural Gas Excitements - Coming of the Railroad.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 3 of them, burning about 5 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 March 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 437 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 23 injuries and about $11,552,900 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 250 |
| Hail | 140 |
| Tornado | 21 |
| Flash Flood | 17 |
| Flood | 5 |
| Lightning | 4 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Etna | 1 killed | A tree on CR 400 S and 600 W fell down and trapped a 62 year old man who was trying to make it back to his vehicle after fishing in the reservoir. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Parkview Huntington Hospital. |
| November 1975 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 15 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 1968 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 3 hurt, $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goblesville | 2 hurt | Two golfers injured at Clear Creek Golf Course when the hut they were sheltering in was destroyed by the wind. |
| September 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Markle | 1 hurt | Emergency management officials reported that a semi was parked along I-69 along mile marker 290. The semi was blown over by strong winds with the driver suffering minor injuries. |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Huntington County | $7,000,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Huntington | $1,500,000 | TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THEN 40 MINUTES IN HUNTINGTON WHICH FLOODED MANY BASEMENTS IN TOWN. A TREE FELL ONTO A VAN CRUSHING IT SEVERLY. MANY COUNTY ROADS WERE COMPLETELY WASHED OUT AS WELL INCLUDING US 24. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $500,000 | A thunderstorm produced downburst winds just southeast of Warren. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Bippus | $250,000 | Three to over four inches of rain fell over a period of a few hours, resulting in road closures and water into many businesses in and around the Bippus area. The rain subsided into the early morning hours of the 15th. However, flooding problems persisted well into the daylight hours. A portion of State Route 16 was washed out during the overnight hours near State Route 105, two miles south of Bippus, as flood waters continued to flow and recede. A NWS Cooperative Observer reported 4.5 inches of rain just south of Huntington. |
| October 1992 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| October 1992 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1963 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $200,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down from just west of Huntington to 7 miles east of Huntington. A couple dozen houses as well as several vehicles were damaged by falling trees. A 4-H pavilion was heavily damaged. Damage is estimated at $200,000. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Warren | $150,000 | Law enforcement reported flash flooding with water rising quickly in a trailer park in Warren. Some residents were evacuated. 7 to 8 homes had some damage with roads and culverts washed out. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Bracken | $100,000 | A survey of damage indicated a circulation touched down near the intersection of County Road 825 West and Bracken Road. The circulation lifted near the intersection of County Roads 1100 North and 825 West. A grain bin was destroyed with several outbuildings suffering extensive damage. Wood projectiles from the outbuildings were lodged in the rood of a house on the property, with concrete blocks being picked up and lofted onto the roof of a small building. The debris was blown up to a mile away as the circulation lifted near the intersection of County Road 1100 North and 825 West. |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Roanoke | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Markle | $80,000 | Lightning struck a home causing a fire that destroyed half of the roof. Major smoke and water damage occurred to the remainder of the dwelling. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goblesville | $50,000 | Report that a truck and trailer overturned. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Huntington | $50,000 | Numerous reports of one to two inch diameter hail in the city caused damage to several cars and house rooftops. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of three homes, blew off a porch, and damaged an attached garage in northern Huntington County, near the Whitley County line. Damage was estimated at $9,000. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Huntington Co | $45,000 | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Makin | $40,000 | Emergency management officials reported a pole barn/garage was completely destroyed with two cars inside damaged. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $40,000 | The roof of a business at 239 Howenstein was partially blown off. Widespread trees down and power outages across town. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $25,000 | Emergency management officials reported two semi-trucks were blown off Interstate 69, one at mile marker 72 and the other mile marker 75. Damage is estimated at $25,000. |
| April 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Huntington | $25,000 | NWS storm survey team found F0 damage to five homes and in trees southwest of Huntington. The tornado was skipping along a three and one half mile path and was around 50 yards wide. |
| June 1985 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lancaster | $20,000 | Emergency management officials reported the back side of a barn being blown down with several healthy two to three foot diameter trees also down. Power lines were also blown down in the area. Damage is estimated at $20,000. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $20,000 | A 18 inch diameter tree was blown down onto a van. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Huntington | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke | $18,000 | 3 telephone poles down, large tree down, roof damage. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monument City | $15,000 | The same thunderstorm that produced the brief tornado west of Salmonie Lake continued into Huntington County. Trees and power lines were damaged in the area, as well as a garage storing two vehicles. The debris from the garage was thrown into an adjacent field, with the last debris being found just south of Andrews. Spotters and Andrews Fire Department spotters estimated winds in the 70 to 80 mph range. No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated at $15,000. |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Andrews | $15,000 | Lightning struck a residence on Maple Grove Road, northwest of Andrews, causing a fire in the rafters of the basement. Those in the house quickly discovered the fire and attempted to put the fire out, but then left the house. The fire was contained to the basement area. Damage figures are estimated. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $12,900 | Trees and power lines reported down across the county. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bracken | $10,000 | Metal outbuilding lost a number of roof panels. Photos indicate one wall may have lost panels as well. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mt Etna | $10,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down on power lines. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $10,000 | Large tree fell onto a shed at a residence on north Goshen Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Majenica | $10,000 | A tree was downed and a roof was damaged from thunderstorm wind. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke | $10,000 | The emergency manager reported that powerlines were downed in water along US 24. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Roanoke | $10,000 | Local media outlets reported high water affecting portions of US 24 between Roanoke and Huntington, as well as State Road 114, west of US 24, on the Whitley/Huntington county line. A Roanoke firefighter spotted something in floodwaters, requested assistance and upon entering a boat and heading to the area, observed an elderly Warsaw, Indiana man sitting in his truck in waist deep water. The driver was hypothermic and difficult to understand from exposure to the cold floodwaters. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plum Tree | $10,000 | A semi trailer was blown over on Interstate 69 at mile marker 79. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plum Tree | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported extensive damage to a home and a pull barn destroyed east of Plum Tree. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $10,000 | SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN TOWN. |
| August 2005 | Lightning | Andrews | $8,000 | A small fire was started in a house as lightning struck a antenna and traveled into a house, starting a small pile of clothes on fire. Smoke and water damage was reported in the room where the fire occurred. |
| June 1995 | Hail | not stated | $6,000 | Several automobiles were damaged by one inch hail in Huntington. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andrews | $5,000 | There are multiple reports of trees down in Andrews. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $5,000 | Multiple reports of trees down in and around Huntington. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mahon | $5,000 | A tree was down across a road. |
| June 2017 | Lightning | Huntington | $5,000 | Emergency management officials reported lightning appears to have struck a tree, causing the top half of the tree to fall onto a car. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bippus | $5,000 | Trained spotters reported 2 utility poles being snapped on State Route 105, just north of Bippus. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roanoke | $5,000 | Several trees and powerlines down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington Muni Arpt | $5,000 | Mainly roof damage occurred to a few hangars on the airport. Debris was thrown away from the hangar and into other hangars with minor damage occurring to these buildings. Minor damage occurred to an aircraft in one of the hangars due to being struck by a 2x4. Damage amount estimated. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Plum Tree | $5,000 | An NWS storm survey team found F1 damage from a tornado that touched down 2 miles southeast of Plum tree and exited Huntington county into Wells county 4 miles southeast of Plum Tree. Damage was to a farm house as well as trees and a power pole snapped. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntington | $4,000 | A 53 mph wind gust was recorded. Numerous healthy trees down in the area. |
| August 1961 | Tornado | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 1955 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milo | $2,000 | A metal barn door was removed. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Andrews | $2,000 | Quarter size hail reported. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $2,000 | Trees and lines were blown down just north of Andrews on SR 105. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 11 workings inside this county. 8 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 5 |
| Clay | 2 |
| Stone | 2 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 2 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington City | Stone | Producer | ||
| Huntington Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Huntington Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Majenica Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Majenica Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Markle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| H & W Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hess Excavating | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roanoke Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sees Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Strouder Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
History of Huntington County, Indiana : a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 3 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Township | Huntington | 33,282 words | 21 | |
| Lancaster Township | Harlansburg, Lancaster, Majenica, Mount Etna, River | 5,585 words | 9 | |
| Wayne Township | Banquo | 4,463 words | 4 |
3 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 48 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The whole text | 238,303 words in 15 parts |
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1: Physical Features, Geology, Etc | 5,823 words |
| Chapter 2: Aboriginal Inhabitants | 7,209 words |
| Chapter 3: Indian Chiefs and Treaties | 6,226 words |
| Chapter 4: The Period of Preparation | 9,963 words |
| Chapter 5: Settlement and Organization | 8,318 words |
| Chapter 6: Township History | 8,666 words |
| Chapter 7 | 9,999 words |
| Chapter 9: Towns and Villages | 9,297 words |
| Chapter 10: Military History | 12,598 words |
| Chapter 11: Internal Improvements | 10,045 words |
| Chapter 12: Finance and Industry | 9,137 words |
| Chapter 13: Educational Development | 7,361 words |
| Chapter 14: The Bench and Bar | 9,730 words |
| Chapter 15: The Medical Profession | 6,658 words |
| Chapter 16: Church History | 10,022 words |
| Chapter 17: Charitable Institutions | 6,380 words |
| Chapter 18: Societies and Fraternities | 8,755 words |
| Chapter 19: Miscellaneous History | 8,753 words |
| Chapter 20: Statistical Review | 3,324 words |
Everyone History of Huntington County, Indiana : a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1914.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Huntington township · 46750 · On Rabbit Run · Huntington quadrangle
12 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Lancaster township · 46750 · On Brook Creek · Mount Etna quadrangle
13 sheets, 1950 to 1986
Lancaster township · 46750 · On Prairie Creek · Mount Etna quadrangle
13 sheets, 1950 to 1986
Jackson township · 46783 · On Cow Creek · Zanesville quadrangle
10 sheets, 1953 to 1986
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