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Marion County, Indiana

100 topographic sheets cover 130 settlements here, and 274 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

274 National Register listings published here, 9 of them National Historic Landmarks · the county-history sources name 1 person · people the book names include Biographical Sketches Thomas Schooley (Franklin Township, 1884) (machine-read).

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Indiana within the United States
Marion County within Indiana

What the record shows

  • 2,195 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 274 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 195 buildings, 69 districts, 6 sites and 4 structures.
  • 39 of the 274 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 131 populated places in this county; 130 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 1 public-domain county history, 1884, supplies 95,153 words of narrative reproduced here.

Places on the National Register

274

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Administration Building, Indiana Central Universitybuilding198484001081
Alamedabuilding198383000052
Alexandrabuilding198383000053
Allison Mansionbuilding197070000006
Ambassadorbuilding198383000054
Anderson-Thompson Housebuilding198787000502
Christopher Apple Housebuilding198080000055
Architects and Builders Buildingbuilding2019100003503
Thomas Askren Housebuilding200606000303
Aston Innbuilding198585003125
Athenaeum (Das Deutsche Haus)building197373000032
Crispus Attucks High Schoolbuilding198988003043
Ayres, L. S. Annex Warehousebuilding197373000033
Bakerbuilding198383000055
Balmoral Courtbuilding199292001647
Bals-Wocher Housebuilding197979000033
Bates-Hendricks Housebuilding197777000143
Benton Housebuilding197373000034
Beth-El Zedeck Templebuilding2019100004362
Bethel A. M. E. Churchbuilding199191000269
Big Run Baptist Church and Cemeterybuilding200505001367
Joseph J. Bingham Indianapolis Public Schoo. #84building200404001310
Blachernebuilding198383000058
Bluff Road Historic Districtdistrict2023100009292
Brendonwood Historic Districtdistrict200404001313
Broad Ripple Firehouse-Indianapolis Fire Department Station 32building201111000658
Broad Ripple Park Carouselstructure198787000839
Burtonbuilding198383000059
William Buschmann Blockbuilding198888001225
Bush Stadiumstructure199595000703
Butler Fieldhousebuilding198383003573
Byram-Middleton Housebuilding198383000127
Camp Edwin F. Glenndistrict199595001360
Henry F. Campbell Mansionbuilding199797000305
Cathcartbuilding198383000060
Central Court Historic Districtdistrict200404001101
Central Library (Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library)building197575000045
Chatham-Arch Historic Districtdistrict198080000057
Christ Church Cathedralbuilding197373000035
Christamore Housebuilding198585000597
Christian Park School No. 82building199595000421
Circle Theaterbuilding198080000058
City Marketbuilding197474000030
Henry P. Coburn Public School No. 66building198686001267
Cole Motor Car Companybuilding198383000128
Joseph J. Cole Jr. House and 1925 Cole Brouette No. 70611building199797000599
Colonialbuilding198383000062
Colored Knights of Pythias Castle Hallbuilding2021100007176
Columbia Clubbuilding198383000063
Roy and Iris Corbin Lustron Housebuilding199797001173
Cottage Home Historic Districtdistrict199090000328
Cotton-Ropkey Housebuilding198484001086
Coulter Flatsbuilding199090000807
Crown Hill Cemeterydistrict197373000036
Crown Hill National Cemeterysite199999000486
Cumberland Historic Districtdistrict200101001341
Dartmouthbuilding198383000064
Delaware Courtbuilding198383000065
Delaware Flatsbuilding198383000066
Devonshirebuilding198383000067
Emeliebuilding198383000068
Emerson Avenue Addition Historic Districtdistrict201212001063
Emerson Heights Historic Districtdistrict201010000125
Engine House No. 23building2023100009019
Esplanade Apartmentsbuilding198383000129
Fame Laundrybuilding2020100005040
Federal Buildingbuilding2021100006289
Fidelity Trust Buildingbuilding198080000382
Flanner House Homesdistrict200303000978
Fletcher Place Historic Districtdistrict198282000061
Calvin I. Fletcher Housebuilding198484001089
Floral Park Cemeterysite2026100012762
Ford Motor Company Indianapolis Assembly Plantbuilding2021100006204
Forebearsbuilding2023100008662
Forest Hills Historic Districtdistrict198383000130
Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic Districtdistrict199593001581
Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District (Boundary Increase)district199595001359
Fort Harrison Terminal Stationbuilding198484001127
Foster Hallbuilding200505001364
Benjamin Franklin Public School Number 36building200303000143
Garfield Drive Historic Districtdistrict2022100007448
Gaseteria, Inc.building201313000089
General German Protestant Orphans Homebuilding198484001129
Gibson Company Buildingbuilding200909000431
Glencoebuilding198383000069
Alfred M. Glossbrenner Mansionbuilding198282000062
Golden Hill Historic Districtdistrict199191001163
William H. H. Graham Housebuilding198282001857
Gramse, Thebuilding201111000384
Groverbuilding198383000056
HCS Motor Car Companybuilding200909000432
Hammond Block (Budnick's Trading Mart)building197979000034
Hanna-Ochler-Elder Housebuilding197878000046
Harriettbuilding198383000057
Benjamin Harrison Housebuilding196666000010
Haughville Historic Districtdistrict199292001652
Hiram A. Haverstick Farmsteadbuilding198585003126
Hawthorne Branch Library No. 2building200000000499
Heier's Hotelbuilding198686002704
Herron-Morton Place Historic Districtdistrict198383000131
Highland Golf and Country Clubdistrict2021100007174
John Fitch Hill Housebuilding200404000634
Hillcrest Country Clubsite200404001099
Hollingsworth Housebuilding197777000019
Holy Rosary-Danish Church Historic Districtdistrict198686000327
Homecroft Historic Districtdistrict199695001536
Horace Mann Public School No. 13building198686001389
Horner-Terrill Housebuilding201313000424
Hotel Washingtonbuilding198080000056
Willard and Josephine Hubbard Housebuilding201616000336
Independent Turnvereinbuilding198383003577
Indiana Avenue Historic Districtdistrict198787000912
Indiana Oxygen Companybuilding198787000545
Indiana School for the Deafdistrict199191000790
Indiana State Capitolbuilding197575000043
Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubsbuilding198787000512
Indiana State Library and Historical Buildingbuilding199595000207
Indiana Theatrebuilding197979000035
Indiana World War Memorial Plazadistrict198989001404
Indianapolis Athletic Clubbuilding201515000887
Indianapolis City Hall, Oldbuilding197474000029
Indianapolis Fire Headquarters and Municipal Garagebuilding200202000686
Indianapolis Masonic Templebuilding200808000193
Indianapolis Motor Speedwaydistrict197575000044
Indianapolis News Buildingbuilding198484001133
Indianapolis Park and Boulevard Systemdistrict200303000149
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 1building2022100008055
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 3building201616000077
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6building201616000078
Indianapolis Union Railroad Stationbuilding197474000032
Indianapolis Union Station-Wholesale Districtdistrict198282000067
Indianapolis Veterans Administration Hospitaldistrict201212000029
Indianapolis White Castle Number 3building201111000385
Irvington Historic Districtdistrict198787001031
Irvington Terrace Historic Districtdistrict201111000913
James E. Roberts School 97building2021100006205
Jamieson-Bennett Housebuilding200101000984
John Hope School No. 26building2025100012178
Oliver Johnson's Woods Historic Districtdistrict200404000632
Johnson-Denny Housebuilding197979000036
Arthur Jordan Memorial Hallbuilding198383000134
Julian-Clark Housebuilding198686001335
Kahn Tailoring Companybuilding2019100004717
Charles Kuhn Housebuilding198989000237
Ladywood Estatesdistrict2019100004728
Laurel and Prospect Districtdistrict198383000132
Louis Levey Mansionbuilding197878000047
Linwood Colonial Apartmentsdistrict200606000308
Lockefield Garden Apartmentsbuilding198383000133
Lockerbie Square Historic Districtdistrict197373000038
Lockerbie Square Historic District Amendment (Boundary Increase)district198787000734
Lodgebuilding198383000073
Lombard Buildingbuilding198282000068
Majestic Buildingbuilding198080000059
Manchester Apartmentsbuilding199898000302
Marcy Village Apartmentsdistrict200404000202
Marion County Bridge 0501Fstructure200606000853
Marott Hotelbuilding198282000063
Marott's Shoes Buildingbuilding198383000135
Martensbuilding198383000070
Massachusettsbuilding198383000071
Massachusetts Avenue Commercial Districtdistrict201982000064
Donald M. Mattison Housebuilding2022100007737
Mayleenobuilding198383000072
McCormick Cabin Sitesite198181000028
McKaybuilding198383000074
George Philip Meier Housebuilding198282000065
Merchants National Bank and Annexbuilding198282000066
Meridian Park Historic Districtdistrict199090000326
Michigan Road Toll Housebuilding197474000031
Military Parkdistrict196969000002
Lovel D. Millikan Housebuilding2017100001608
Thomas Moore Housebuilding198484001137
Morris-Butler Housebuilding197373000037
Morris-Butler Housebuilding197373000037
Morrison Block (M. O'Connor Grocery Wholesalers)building197979000038
Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Churchbuilding197878000048
Myrtle Fernbuilding198383000080
New Augusta Historic Districtdistrict198989000780
Nicholson-Rand Housebuilding200303000542
Nickel Plate Road Steam Locomotive No. 587structure198484000313
North Irvington Gardens Historic Districtdistrict200808000557
North Meridian Street Historic Districtdistrict198686002695
North Pennsylvania Street Historic Districtdistrict2023100009591
Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Parksite199696001008
Oaklandon Historic Districtdistrict201313000724
Old Northside Historic Districtdistrict197878000049
Old Northside Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198484001144
Old Pathology Buildingbuilding197272000011
Oldfieldsbuilding200000000676
Oldfieldsdistrict200303001041
Oriental Lodge No. 500building201616000079
Oxfordbuilding198383000081
P.R. Mallory Company Factory Historic Districtdistrict2021100006208
P.R. Mallory Company Factory Historic Districtdistrict2021100006208
Pearson Terracebuilding198484001187
Pennsylvaniabuilding198383000082
Pierson-Griffiths Housebuilding197878000050
Plazabuilding198383000083
Pleasanton in Irvington Historic Districtdistrict201010001083
Propylaeum, The (John W. Schmidt House)building197373000039
Prosser Housebuilding197575000046
Ralph Waldo Emerson Indianapolis Public School #58building200404001309
Ransom Place Historic Districtdistrict199292001650
Carlos and Anne Recker Housebuilding199696000601
Reserve Loan Life Insurance Companybuilding199090000331
James Whitcomb Riley Housebuilding196666000799
Rinkbuilding198383000075
Rink's Womens Apparel Storebuilding198484001188
Riverside Drive Historic Districtdistrict2019100004043
Rivoli Theaterbuilding200404000630
Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding198282000069
Saint James Courtbuilding198787000071
Savoybuilding198383000076
Schnull-Rauch Housebuilding197979000037
Scottish Rite Cathedralbuilding198383000136
Selig's Dry Goods Company Buildingbuilding198484001190
Seville, Thebuilding198787000976
Sheffield Innbuilding199898000301
Sheltonbuilding198383000077
Shortridge High Schoolbuilding198383000078
Shortridge-Meridian Street Apartments Historic Districtdistrict200000000195
Sid-Marbuilding198383000079
August Sommer Housebuilding198080000060
South Side Turnverein Hallbuilding2019100004724
Southport High School, Oldbuilding200303000982
Speedway Historic Districtdistrict200505001015
Spinkbuilding198383000084
Spink Arms Hotelbuilding200101001345
St. John's Church and Rectorybuilding198080000061
St. John's Missionary Baptist Churchbuilding2026100012585
St. Joseph Neighborhood Historic Districtdistrict199191000794
St. Mary's Catholic Churchbuilding197777000020
St. Philip Neri Parish Historic Districtdistrict199696001007
St. Timothy's Episcopal Churchbuilding2020100005873
State Soldiers and Sailors Monumentbuilding197373000040
State and Prospect Districtdistrict198383000137
Stewart Manor (Charles B. Sommers House)building197676000033
Stout Field, Administration Buildingbuilding2018100002491
George Stumpf Housebuilding197979000039
Stutz Motor Car Company Factorybuilding2022100008060
Sylvaniabuilding198383000086
Taylor Carpet Company Buildingbuilding198484001192
Test Buildingbuilding198383000138
The Buckinghambuilding199292001649
William N. Thompson Housebuilding198282000070
Tobey-Normington Housebuilding2022100008057
George Washington Tomlinson Housebuilding200505001366
Town of Crows Nest Historic Districtdistrict200000000305
Traders Point Eagle Creek Rural Historic Districtdistrict200909000433
U.S. Arsenal (Arsenal Technical High School)district197676000034
U.S. Courthouse and Post Officebuilding197474000033
United States Corrugated-Fibre Box Company Plantbuilding2024100010031
University Clubbuilding2018100002494
University Parkdistrict198989001405
Vera and the Olgabuilding198484001196
Viennabuilding198383000087
Virginia Avenue Districtdistrict198383003442
Madame C. J. Walker Buildingbuilding198080000062
Washington Park Cemeterysite2026100012769
Washington Park Historic Districtdistrict200808000565
Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic Districtdistrict199797001179
Wasson, H.P. & Company Buildingbuilding199797001539
Watson Park Historic Districtdistrict201212000336
West Washington Street Pumping Stationbuilding198080000063
Wheeler-Schebler Carburetor Companybuilding200404000210
Wheeler-Stokely Mansionbuilding200404001312
Whittier, John Greenleaf, School, No. 33building198181000029
Wil-Fra-Marbuilding198383000088
Wilsonbuilding198383000089
Woodruff Placedistrict197272000012
Woodstock Country Clubdistrict200707000561
Wyndhambuilding198383000090
YWCA Blue Triangle Residence Hallbuilding198888001574

Storms, 1952 to 2026

60 of 1,064 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 1,064 reports for this county, causing 10 deaths, 272 injuries and about $121,644,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind515
Hail371
Flash Flood58
Tornado47
Flood44
Lightning22
Heavy Rain7

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Thunderstorm WindShooters Hill7 killed, 43 hurt, $975,000A stage collapse occurred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in between live performances by Sara Bareilles and Sugarland, as winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph hit the above-stage fly system. These damaging winds appeared to occur with the gust front that was out ahead of the area of precipitation. Seven fatalities and 43 injuries occurred as a result of this tragic stage collapse. The Indianapolis Business Journal estimates the damages at around 975 thousand dollars.
June 2009LightningIndianapolis1 killed, 2 hurtA ten year old boy was killed and two others were injured while fishing at a campground at 4141 West Southport Road, Indianapolis, Indiana. This was the first death due to lightning in the state for 2009.
July 2006LightningLawrence1 killed, 1 hurtTwo boys, aged 9 and 11, were struck by lightning while standing under a tree and playing in the rain. The 9-year-old died a short time later at Wishard Hospital. The 11-year-old was injured, but survived.
July 2001LightningSpeedway1 killedno account filed
September 2002Tornado (F2)Southport97 hurt, $40,000,000no account filed
May 2004Tornado (F2)Sunshine Gardens26 hurt, $19,000,000A tornado cut a near continuous 18 mile path across southern and eastern Marion County before briefly moving into Hancock County. The tornado dropped down near exit 4 at Harding Street and Interstate 465 on the south side of metro Indianapolis and moved into Hancock County to near Mount Comfort. The worst damage was found near South Keystone Avenue between Raymond St. And Troy. The damage was rated F2 there. There was significant damage to numerous homes, a nursing home and an elementary school. 26 nursing home inhabitants were treated at local hospitals for mainly minor cuts and scrapes, and the rest were relocated as the building was inhabitable. The tornado continued across 465 at Post Road and then lifted. Additional brief touchdowns (F0) occurred near 21st Street, 25th and Mittehoffer and German Church Road and 30th Street. The last touchdown occurred at 38th street and County Line Road where it crossed into Hancock County before lifting. A total of 600 homes, 24 apartment buildings and 90 commercial buildings received damage across Decatur, Perry, Center and Warren townships of Marion County.
April 1963Tornado (F3)not stated20 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 2008Tornado (EF2)Lawrence18 hurt, $29,000,000Numerous structures were damaged in Marion County with the hardest hit area being an apartment complex near 38th Street and Mitthoefer Road. The tornado was associated with an embedded supercell that was overtaken by a line. Based on damage indicators, wind speeds were estimated around 125 mph. This tornado formed near 42nd Street and Post Road and tracked southeastward for 3.1 miles before exiting Marion County on North County Line Road 500 meters south of East 38th Street. The tornado continued in Hancock County. While in Marion County the tornado was rated EF-2 and while in Hancock County the tornado was rated EF-1. The tornado continued to the southeast in Hancock County for 4.0 miles. This made the entire path length 7.1 miles. The width of the tornado while in Hancock County was 100 yards and lasted from 2132 until 2136. Overall, the tornado was on the ground from 2127 until 2136. The tornado lifted in Hancock County 500 feet south of West 200 North on North 400 West. While in Hancock County the tornado damaged barns, houses, billboards, trees, and powerlines.
May 1972Tornado (F4)not stated17 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 1986Tornado (F3)not stated10 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
August 1969Tornado (F3)not stated6 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 2006LightningNew Augusta6 hurtSix firefighters stowing equipment after a training exercise were indirectly struck by lightning. None of the injuries were life threatening.
June 1980Tornado (F2)not stated6 hurtno account filed
June 1998Tornado (F3)Cumberland3 hurt, $1,500,000no account filed
August 2017LightningMeridian Hills3 hurtThe IndyStar newspaper reported that a lightning strike at Park Tudor High Schoolinjured three workers who sought shelter under a tree, shocking one into cardiac arrest, the Indianapolis Fire Department says.||A Park Tudor Police Officer shocked the victim in cardiac arrest with a defibrillator once, and thenbegan CPR on the worker until firefighters and medics arrived about 3:50 p.m. The man was shocked twice more beforehe regained a pulseand was resuscitated within 12 minutes.||The workerwas taken to St. Vincent Hospital, where he was awake and talking to doctors.The other two workers were transported to St. Vincent with minor injuries. The three were paving the north corner of the parking lot when a storm appeared, and they sought shelter under a tree. Lightning struck nearby, knocking all three men off their feet.||Initially, the man who suffered cardiac arrest was believed to be killed.
May 1985Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
November 1955Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
June 2005LightningTraders Pt2 hurtTwo men were hit by lightning as they stood underneath a tree in Eagle Creek Park. Neither was seriously injured.
September 1988Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLynhurst1 hurt, $75,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees with multiple trees on trailer homes in Garden City area along US Highway 36 and one person injured.
May 1970Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindValley Mills1 hurt, $5,000Large tree limb snapped due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Limb fell on car driving along road. Driver suffered minor injuries.
August 2009LightningWoodruff Place1 hurt, $1,000The NBC affiliate in Indianapolis reported that a man was struck by lightning as he and his son were walking from the car to the house, which was located in the 400 block of South Butler Avenue. A nearby tree was also struck and destroyed. The man was rushed to Wishard Hospital, where he was expected to recover.
June 2013LightningFlackville1 hurtWISH-TV reported that an Indianapolis Zoo guard was indirectly hit by lightning Sunday afternoon when a line of storms moved through the area. Around 3:35 p.m., a security guard standing near the administration building was hit by an indirect lightning strike, meaning the charge of the lightning strike made contact, not the bolt. Authorities say the guard was alert and all vital signs were good when he was transported. His injuries are not serious.
May 1996LightningIndianapolis1 hurtno account filed
June 1987Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
September 2003Flash FloodCountywide$5,000,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$2,500,000Extensive tree and powerline damage caused by thunderstorm wind gusts across the county. Over 57000 power outages caused by the storm within the county.
November 1992Tornado (F3)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
July 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindAllisonville$2,000,000The Indianapolis Star reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts led to widespread damage to the Kittle's Superstore in Castleton. Damage to the roof and ruptured water pipes at the furniture store caused the sprinkler system to activate, dumping numerous gallons of water on the inventory. Kittle's Chairman Jim Kittle Jr. estimated the damage at several million dollars.
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Beech Grove$1,080,000The EF-1 rated tornado, with max wind speeds of 100 mph, began southwest of Beech Grove causing roof damage before crossing Emerson Avenue and causing additional roof damage to a school, apartment complex, and house. Alro Steel Company also sustained damage to the roof and wall of a warehouse-like structure. Numerous power poles were also downed near the Alro structure. In addition to the roof damage at Beech Grove High School, they also had more than 20 classrooms damaged or destroyed. The scoreboard on the football field was significantly damaged as well. The tornado continued for several hundred feet before dissipating.
July 2023LightningSpring Hills$750,000Lightning struck an apartment building on the campus of Marian University causing a fire. Two firefighters had minor injuries with one being related to the fire itself and the other caused by falling debris.
October 2019LightningWanamaker$750,000A lightning strike caused a fire in a residential neighborhood on the southeast side of Indianapolis Indiana. This fire led to damage at 3 residences. A firefighter was hospitalized for possible heat exhaustion after attempting to put out the fire.
March 1997Tornado (F1)Indianapolis Intl Ar$750,000no account filed
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Six Pts$500,000A weak tornado of EF-1 intensity and winds estimated from 90 to 100 mph caused damage along an approximate three-mile path in Plainfield and Indianapolis. The tornado touched down near Perry Road and US40 in Plainfield at approximately 2:32 PM EDT. The first significant damage occurred at a vehicle auction facility with one building heavily damaged and over 200 cars impacted by flying debris. Minor straight-line wind tree damage was observed west of the auction facility near Township Line Road and Smith Road. The tornado traveled northeast causing damage to nearly two dozen homes in Hendricks County with the most severe damage along County Road 200 South near County Road 1050 East. At this location the tornado lofted a camping trailer into the air and tossed it approximately 175 feet to the east onto a house and also removed a substantial portion of that houses roof. This damage was rated EF-1 with winds estimated at 95 to 100 mph. ||The tornado continued tracking northeast through the Bentwood subdivision in east Hendricks County and into the Cameron Meadows subdivision of Indianapolis. At approximately 2:38 PM EDT, the most significant damage occurred as the tornado moved into Marion County and Indianapolis, along Raceway Road near Blue Pine Drive, where a couple homes had portions of their roofs removed by the tornado. This damage was rated EF-1 with winds estimated near 97 mph. The tornado lifted at approximately 2:42 PM EDT northeast of this subdivision though intermittent straight-line wind damage to trees occurred from here to near Rockville Road and I-465 all the way to the town of Speedway.||Indianapolis officials estimated 75 to 100 homes received at least minor damage in Indianapolis. Also, including the automobiles damaged at the auto auction center, more than 200 vehicles sustained varying degrees of damage.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindIndianapolis$500,000A large section of windows and facing was blown out of the Regions Bank Tower in downtown Indianapolis, raining glass and debris upon the streets below up to a block away. Fortunately, no one was injured. No solid damage amounts have been released.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindIndianapolis$500,000Numerous trees were downed, and several buildings were damaged on the north and west side of Indianapolis.
May 1995Tornado (F2)Indianapolis$400,000The tornado damaged 30 homes, five businesses and a school as it traveled along 86th and 82nd streets in the Nora area of northeast Indianapolis. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by the storm. One boat was flipped on top of another at Geist Reservoir.
May 2008LightningSouthport$300,000One home was completely destroyed fire caused by a lightning strike, while another home received heavy fire damage.
June 2008Flash FloodGlenns Vly$250,000Little Buck Creek on State Road 37 reached 15 feet and water approached the highway due to heavy rain causing flash flooding.
August 1998LightningIndianapolis$250,000Lightning strike at the Fox Club Apartments on Keystone Ave on Indianapolis' south side caused extensive fire damage.
March 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1952Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 2016Flash FloodInd Eagle Creek Arpt$200,000Wayne Township Fire Department and Indianapolis Fire Department were conducting water rescues from cars and homes in this location near Eagle Valley Pass. Thunderstorm heavy rainfall was the cause.
June 2010LightningHunter$200,000Three suspected lightning strike fires were responded to by fire departments: this one in the 100 block of South Mitthoeffer, one in Wayne Township, and one in Lawrence. The house on Mitthoeffer had its chimney destroyed by the impact. No details are available for the other locations. Time of event is estimated.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindIndianapolis$150,000no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGlenns Vly$120,000Several reports of damage south of Southport Road, mainly east of Southern Dunes Golf Course, to just south of Perry Meridian High School, consistent with a thunderstorm downburst. Large tree limbs were downed onto driveways. A few trees were downed, some onto cars and onto at least one home at 409 Mellowood Drive. Minor house damage occurred. Torrential downpours brought standing water to several low-lying areas.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindIndianapolis$100,000Thunderstorm winds produced scattered downed trees across the mainly northern portion of downtown Indianapolis, from the IU-Indianapolis campus and Military Park to east side of downtown and the near northside where trees fell onto multiple houses; damage occurred as far northwest as Montcalm and 16th Streets.|||Trees reported on multiple houses near northside of indianapolis.
April 2025Flash FloodInd Shank Arpt$100,000Several cars flooded to windshield level on southeastern Avenue with numerous other reports of cars stranded in water across Indianapolis.
April 2025Flash FloodDrexel Gardens$100,000Widespread flash flooding ongoing across Marion county. Several cars stranded in flowing water. Rainfall amounts varied from 2 to 3.25 inches.
April 2024FloodAllisonville$100,000Heavy rainfall totaling 2.00 to 4.00 inches in 15 hours through 0800 EST on the 11th over much of eastern Marion County, produced isolated areal flooding which led to a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate Route 69 between Thompson Road and Edgewood Avenue, and an automobile sliding into an inundated ditch near 75th Street and Binford Blvd. Cars were also stuck in high water at 10th Street and North Sherman Drive, and a school at 6401 75th Street cancelled classes.
January 2008Tornado (EF1)Ind Eagle Creek Arpt$100,000An EF1 tornado damaged apartment buildings and vehicles near Waterfront Parkway West at the Waterfront Pointe Apartments. Winds were estimated near 105 miles per hour.
June 2006LightningCumberland$100,000A new house, which was unoccupied, was struck by lightning and heavily damaged by the ensuing fire. Firefighters escaped just minutes before the second floor, on which they were standing to fight the blaze, collapsed.
July 2024Thunderstorm Wind(Ind)Indnpls Intl Ar$80,000Observed thunderstorm wind gust to 58 mph at KIND Indianapolis International Airport. Thunderstorm winds also downed multiple power lines in Indianapolis.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindIndianapolis$75,000A localized area of stronger thunderstorm winds damaged trees, a chimney, and a car wash northwest of downtown Indianapolis.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindWoodruff Place$75,000A building at the corner of Washington Street and Ritter Avenue in the Irvington area was completely destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBeech Grove$60,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees across Beech Grove, and downed numerous trees in a localized area near the intersection of Edgewood and Emerson Avenues where roof damage was also noted.

Mines and quarries

22 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 22 workings inside this county. 10 still produce and 12 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction15
Fluorine-Fluorite2
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Stone1
Lead1
Tungsten1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lawrence City-Own CrewsStoneProducer
Mallory Metallurgical/ IndianapolisTungstenPast Producer
N L Controls/ Beech Grove, Ind.LeadPast Producer
Fluorite Occurrence Number 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence Number 1Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Indianapolis 522 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kentucky Ave Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ace Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Allied Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eighty-Sixth Street SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Indianapolis Aggregates DivisionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Indianapolis Haveisen 510 MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Indianapolis Haveisen 510 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kentucky Avenue SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Littleton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ok Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R.L. Schutt Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shannon Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Standard Materials Corp S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Standard Materials Corp S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U. S. Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U. S. Allied Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

The townships, in 1884

95,153 words

History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 8 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 TownshipSettlements in it LengthSections
Decatur TownshipCamby, Maple Ridge, Valley Mills, West Newton7,094 words0
Franklin TownshipActon, Belle Arbor, Charle Sumac Estates, Charlesmac Village, Indian Creek Estates, Poplar Grove, Wanamaker9,666 words2
Lawrence TownshipAvalon Hills, Brendonwood, Castleton, Devonshire, Fairwood Hills, Fall Creek Highland, Germantown, Indian Lake, Lawrence, Oaklandon, Rainbow Highlands, Robinson, Trilobi Hills, Vertland25,786 words1
Perry TownshipBeech Grove, Edgewood, Glenns Valley, Homecroft, Lindenwood, Perry Manor, Rosedale Hills, Southport, Sunshine Gardens, Twin Brooks, University Heights9,757 words3
Pike TownshipAugusta, Hawthornes At The Crossing, Legendary Hills, New Augusta, Snacks, Traders Point, Westchester Estates, Westover10,135 words1
Warren TownshipBenton House, Burge Terrace, Crossroad Temple, Cumberland, East Brightwood, Five Points, Irvington, Irvington, Ivanhoe, Julietta, Sun Down, Sunnyview, Warren Hills, Warren Park, Washington Place, Willow Lakes5,350 words2
Washington TownshipAllisonville, Broad Ripple, Broadmoor, College Crest, Creekwood, Crows Nest, Dawnbury, Delaware Trails, Driftwood Hills, Glendale Heights, Grandview, Greenbriar, Harrison Place, Highwoods, Holida, Hoover Crest, Ivy Hills, Knollton Heights, Mallot Park, Mapleton, Mayflower Meadows, Meridian Hills, Millersville, Nora, North Crows Nest, Northwood, Pleasant Acres, Ravenswood, Rocky Ripple, Sherwood Forest, Shooters Hill, Shore Acres, Spring Hills, Spring Hollow, Spring Mill Estates, Spring Mill Woods, Wellington, Williams Creek, Wolfington, Woodstock, Wynnedale15,135 words2
Wayne TownshipBen Davis, Bridgeport, Brooklyn Heights, Chapel Hill, Clermont, Drexel Gardens, Fairview Station, Farleys Addition, Flackville, Glendale, Keystone Manor, Lynhurst, Mars Hill, Maywood, Mickleyville, Mount Jackson, Speedway, Sterling Heights, Tremont, Westwood12,230 words2

The county's history books

328,636 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 23 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.

History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana (1884)

The people it describes

1 named

Everyone History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana 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 1884.

Every populated place in the county

131

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.

The vanished settlements of Marion County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • 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.