62 topographic sheets cover 65 settlements here, and 27 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
27 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 3 stories and name 2 people · people the book names include More Of Gen. Morgan (Baker Township, 1884) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: The Wounded Deer; News Of The Assassination Of Lincoln; Miscellaneous. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
Mr. Davee had his dog so trained that the dumb brute seemed almost capable of reason. One day the hunter shot and wounded a deer, which ran off through the woods at full speed. Away went the dog in pursuit, followed as fast as possible by its master. Drops of blood could be seen upon the leaves, showing that the deer had been badly hurt.
One week later, while the people were yet rejoicing, the news came that Lincoln had been assassinated at Ford's Theater. So horrible was the sensation produced that people at first refused to believe it, and waited anxiously for details. When the dreadful truth became confirmed on the 16th, the deepest gloom of horror and despair seized every heart.
James H. Knight (Fifty-ninth), died at Nashville, Tenn.; Capt. Fred Butler (Twenty-first Battery), died at New Orleans; William Barnes, killed at Ashley Gap, Va.; Elvin Farmer, died at Memphis ; Milton H. Mobley (Second Cavalry), died at New Albany; Wren Allen (Second Cavalry), died in Andersonville Prison ; Lee Stewart (Second Cavalry), killed at Newman Station; Abraham (Second Cavalry) killed at Newman Station ; Daniel Breakison (Second Cavalry), died at Cornith ; James Thompson (Ninth Battery), killed at Shiloh ; Robert H.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 425 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 48 injuries and about $114,261,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 193 |
| Hail | 136 |
| Flash Flood | 29 |
| Flood | 28 |
| Tornado | 25 |
| Lightning | 7 |
| Heavy Rain | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Flood | Gasburg | 1 killed | A flood fatality occurred as the victim was clearing debris from a private pond. After the debris was cleared, a whirlpool formed in the pond and the man was sucked underneath. |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F3) | Martinsville | 28 hurt, $15,000,000 | no account filed |
| March 1986 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 9 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Mooresville | 5 hurt, $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| February 1956 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 3 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Whitaker | 2 hurt, $50,000 | This tornado formed near Marley Road and Old Boundary Line Road in Owen County. The tornado tracked 3.02 miles to the northeast while in Owen County and passed through Gosport. The tornado moved into Morgan County while moving through an open field. The field is located 3,500 feet east of Drunkards Pike, 1,000 feet north of South Lingle Road, and 1,300 feet south of State Road 67. The tornado continued to the northeast for 1.05 miles in Morgan County before lifting 1,000 feet east of South Vickery Road between State Road 67 and South Lingle Road. This made the total path of the tornado 4.07 miles. The tornado was rated EF-0 while in both counties with wind speeds around 80 miles per hour. The tornado lasted from 1912 to 1916 EST while in Owen County and from 1916 to 1917 EST while in Morgan County. Overall, the tornado was on the ground from 1912 to 1917. The width of the tornado at its peak in both counties was approximately 175 yards. While in Owen County minor damage was sustained to trees, a gas station, a fire station, and residences. While in Morgan County trees, barns, and residences were affected by the tornado. Two young girls were caught outside on property that received the most extensive damage in Morgan County from this tornado. They received minor cuts, scrapes, and bruises from flying debris. |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Monrovia | 1 hurt, $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flood | Centerton | $80,000,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Morgan County, including near Centerton, due to heavy rain. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Martinsville Arpt | $7,520,000 | The rotating supercell thunderstorm's third tornado was a strong EF2 that passed immediately south of the city of Martinsville, while the supercell's non-tornadic damaging winds impacted the center of Martinsville. Numerous homes were observed with considerable roof damage in a subdivision near Indiana Highway 37, while an (empty) grain bin was lofted and displaced. The top of a concrete grain bin was torn off. The tornado continued to the east-northeast, causing sporadic tree damage through the next structure along Rolling Hills Drive. The tornado's strongest (120-130 mph) winds occurred at the end of its path, where one pontoon boat was lofted from the west side of of a lake and carried (about 800 feet) to the lake's far east-northeast point at Paris Drive. Another pontoon boat was lofted and carried about one-quarter mile and over a nearby home before final resting at another house. |
| November 1992 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paragon | $800,000 | Supercell thunderstorm straight line winds downed numerous large trees and snapped power poles in southwestern Morgan County, where a storm spotter estimated a 60 mph gust. Winds also caused considerable home damage between Paragon and Martinsville, before ripping the steeple off of the church in the center of Martinsville, leaving a hole in the sanctuary. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Mooresville | $500,000 | The tornado began northwest of the intersection of concord and main in Mooresville before doing significant roof and tree damage to portions of downtown. The largest damage occurred to a brick building where the roof was uplifted and fell causing structural damage to the building. The tornado continued to track to the southeast before damaging a large picnic shelter and crossing State Road 67. The tornado then |lifted. In addition to the tornado, an area about 200 yards on either side of the tornado experienced straight line winds that gusted as high as 70 to 80 mph that caused additional damage. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Martinsville | $500,000 | A business was destroyed by a lightning induced fire. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $350,000 | A large section of the roof on the county courthouse was blown off due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Some of the brick walls were knocked loose and some of the support trusses were also damaged. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $250,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. Over 6000 power outages were caused by this storm. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | $200,000 | Martinsville had hundreds of homes flooded due to heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Railroad tracks were washed out near Paragon. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooresville | $150,000 | A microburst brought significant damage to portions of Mooresville. Several small trees had tree trunks snapped. Roof damage was common with widespread tree limbs snapped. Damage was fairly isolated but significant. Video of the event showed very intense winds. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Gasburg | $100,000 | Water rescues performed in northern Morgan county. Rapidly rising waters also got into several homes across the county. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | $100,000 | Heavy rain of 3 to 5 inches from slow-moving thunderstorms over Morgan County caused flash flooding over Centerton and Blue Bluff Roads near Martinsville. The heavy rain caused mudslides in at least two locations on Blue Bluff Road. One mudslide occurred near a home, damaging two vehicles. Damage amounts are estimated. |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $100,000 | A roof was blown off a Super 8 Motel along State Road 37 on the south side of Martinsville. Also, a sign was blown off a pizza parlor damaging 30 autoimobiles at an auto dealership. Winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| March 2006 | Flood | Centerton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Martinsville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Eminence | $85,000 | A representative from the National Weather Service reclassified the damage in Eminence to be from a weak tornado. The damage began on the west side of Back Street, where corn stalks were pressed down and pointing towards the east-northeast. The damage continued eastward across the street where a tied-down, single-wide mobile home was flipped over and destroyed. More damage was found across State Road 42 where much of a large tree was downed and another mobile home was damaged and unlivable. The track continued east where a home on North Forest Street was destroyed as its roof was totally lifted and spread downstream about 100 yards. A garage located just behind this house had its roof collapsed and debris located just behind it. Winds were estimated near 105 miles per hour, placing the damage as EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Mooresville | $80,000 | Water rescues and home evacuations occurred in Mooresville because of flash flooding due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. This report was relay via broadcast media from Twitter. |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Mooresville Arpt | $50,000 | This second tornado of the episode, was the first tornado in northeastern Morgan County, an EF-1 which tracked to the east-northeast for almost three miles, from a neighborhood on the south-southeast side of Mooresville, to a point about 3 miles east-southeast of the center of the town. Touching down in the White Lick Creek floodplain, the spin-up snapped or uprooted hardwood and softwood trees in the neighborhood west of Rooker Road from Wilson Drive to Daniel Street, as well as east of Indiana Route 144 when the tornado tracked along, and then to the north of Neitzel Road. Peak winds were 105 mph. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Martinsville Arpt | $50,000 | Six occupants of Royal Motel were evacuated due to rising water from heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | $50,000 | Seventeen homes were reported to have been evacuated in Martinsville. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $50,000 | Trees were reported down on multiple homes in the Lake Edgewood area due to thunderstorm downburst winds. Multiple large trees were uprooted as well. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Paragon | $50,000 | Homes were evacuated in Paragon due to heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | $30,000 | At least one home was damaged on Blue Bluff Road north of Martinsville when flash flooding triggered a mudslide. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Mooresville | $30,000 | Lightning struck a home, catching its attic on fire. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Lewisville | $25,000 | Part of a roof was taken off of a modular home and numerous trees were damaged along the path of the tornado. |
| July 1992 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1965 | Tornado | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1962 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EF0) | Five Pts | $20,000 | This second tornado in northeastern Morgan County was an EF-0 that began as the first Morgan County tornado ended, at 2154 EST. This EF-0 spin-up tracked for almost a mile to the east-northeast through the Five Points area, from 115 yards south-southwest of the intersection of North Kitchen Road and East Sping Lake Road, to the northern end of Ruth Lane. Tracking nearly-parallel to, while slowly crossing, East Spring Lake Road, the tornado snapped or uprooted several large healthy hardwood and softwood trees, with ground spallter being found on several homes and barns. Peak winds were 85 mph. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bethany | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines at Mooresville Acres. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitaker | $20,000 | A grain bin was blown over, part of a metal roof was detached from a home, and several trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This occurred near the intersection of Pocket Hollow and Burnett Roads. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Banta | $20,000 | A tornado caused roof damage and caused several trees to fall down. Based on damage indicators wind speeds were around 75 miles per hour. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | $20,000 | Water rescues were undertaken near State Road 37 and Liberty Church Road due to flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall. State Road 67 was also flooded. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Centerton | $20,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Morgan County, including near Centerton, due to heavy rain. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | $20,000 | Washington Township Fire Department reported multiple water rescues from rising streams and water over the roadways. This flash flooding was due to extremely heavy rainfall. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Little Pt | $20,000 | An F1 tornado touched down 2 miles northeast of Little Point and traveled 5 miles to just inside Hendricks County, about a mile southeast of Hazelwood damaging a few homes. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waverly | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged a trucking building and blew a worker out of the building. He was not reported to be injured. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large branches in the Martinsville area, including a tree onto a house. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Paragon | $15,000 | Trees were also downed by the damaging thunderstorm wind gust. Windshields were broken by the hail. The hail continued for 10 to 15 minutes. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $15,000 | Several power poles were snapped and power lines were down along the State Route 39 Bypass in Martinsville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Numerous trees were also reported down on county roads between Paragon and Martinsville. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $15,000 | Several trees were reported down at 1949 and 1959 Bluebluff Road due to thunderstorm downburst winds. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Centerton | $15,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Morgan County, including near Centerton, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Centerton | $15,000 | Flooding occurred on the White River in Morgan County, including near Centerton, due to heavy rain. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $15,000 | A metal building was blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $12,000 | Half of the roof of an apartment building was blown off due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Trees were also reported down in the area. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $12,000 | A semi was blown over on the Indiana 39 Bypass just south of West Morgan Street due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monrovia | $10,000 | Large portions of numerous pine trees snapped and uprooted by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paragon | $10,000 | Large tree downed onto a deck by thunderstorm wind gusts. Similar reports noted around the town of Paragon. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $10,000 | Power lines and numerous trees were down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 29 workings inside this county. 17 still produce and 12 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 14 |
| Fire Clay (Refractory) | 6 |
| Clay | 6 |
| Clay, Stone | 1 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 1 |
| Flagstone | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Bluff Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Martinsville Mine | Clay, Stone | Producer | ||
| Porter Cave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adams Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Bethany Park Clay & Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Brooklyn | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cardinal Clay Products Inc. | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gen Shale Prdts Brick Plnt/Brooklyn | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Indiana Tile Clay and Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Indiana Tile Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Martinsville Brick Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Martinsville Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Thomas Moulding Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Central Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Groninger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hoosier Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hoosier Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hopkins Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jones Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Martinsville Aggregate Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morgan County Gravel Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Morgan County Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan County Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Port Royal | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Port Royal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Waverly Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 12 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.
Everyone Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical 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.
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.
Monroe township · 46158 · Near Keller Hill · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Clay township · 46151 · On Mill Hollow Branch · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Clay township · 46151 · On Monical Branch · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Harrison township · 46151 · On North Bluff Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Clay township · 46111 · On Monical Branch · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Brown township · 46158 · On Orchard Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Monroe township · 46158 · On Dry Fork · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Clay township · 46151 · Near Robb Hill · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Clay township · 46151 · Near Robb Hill · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · Near Burton Hollow · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Brown township · 46158 · On Monical Branch · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · Near Lincoln Hill · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Green township · 46151 · On Stotts Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · Near Lincoln Hill · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Madison township · 46113 · On Goose Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · On Grassy Fork · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Monroe township · 46158 · Near Keller Hill · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Jefferson township · 46151 · On Lambs Creek · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Monroe township · 46158 · On Dry Fork · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Madison township · 46113 · On Web Run · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · Near Pollard Hill · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Washington township · 46151 · On Camp Creek · Morgantown quadrangle
21 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Washington township · 46151 · Near Lincoln Hill · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Washington township · 46151 · Near Canada Hollow · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Washington township · 46151 · On Indian Creek · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Madison township · 46113 · On Gander Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Monroe township · 46157 · Near Maxwell Hill · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Brown township · 46158 · On McCracken Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Ray township · 46166 · Near Gallimore Hill · Paragon quadrangle
17 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · Near Canada Hollow · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Brown township · 46158 · On East Fork White Lick Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · Near Lincoln Hill · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Washington township · 46151 · On Grassy Fork · Cope quadrangle
16 sheets, 1942 to 1986
Brown township · 46158 · On East Fork White Lick Creek · Mooresville West quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · On Sand Creek · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Harrison township · 46151 · On Bluff Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Harrison township · 46151 · On Bluff Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · On East Fork Clear Creek · Cope quadrangle
16 sheets, 1942 to 1986
Madison township · 46113 · On Gander Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Washington township · 46151 · Near Lincoln Hill · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Washington township · 46151 · Near Lincoln Hill · Martinsville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1942 to 1998
Brown township · 46158 · On Trotter Creek · Mooresville East quadrangle
14 sheets, 1953 to 1986
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