72 topographic sheets cover 36 settlements here, and 9 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 1 story and name 2 people · people the book names include The Town Of Dan.V. (Highland Township, 1913) · Vermillion Towns Ei P. (Vermillion Township, 1888) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: Eugene. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
As previously remarked, Eugene is another example of those niimerous towns that were killed by the railroad passing just at killing distance; but it is a beautiful place for a quiet residence. The present population is estimated at about 500. Two or three conspiciious features strike the stranger who visits the place.
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 | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Clinton Downtown Historic District | district | 2000 | 00000205 |
| Elder-Pyle House | building | 2021 | 100006842 | |
 | Eugene Covered Bridge | structure | 1994 | 94000585 |
 | Hill Crest Community Center | building | 1997 | 97001555 |
 | Newport Covered Bridge | structure | 1994 | 94000589 |
 | Possom Bottom Covered Bridge | structure | 1994 | 94000584 |
 | Salem Methodist Episcopal Church | building | 1979 | 79000022 |
 | Vermillion County Courthouse | building | 2007 | 07001283 |
 | Vermillion County Jail and Sheriff's Residence | building | 1999 | 99000305 |
Vermillion County has 3 covered bridges on the National Register. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.
| Eugene Covered Bridge | Listed 1994 |
| Newport Covered Bridge | Listed 1994 |
| Possom Bottom Covered Bridge | Listed 1994 |
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 256 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 9 injuries and about $7,134,030 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 112 |
| Hail | 55 |
| Flood | 51 |
| Flash Flood | 21 |
| Tornado | 13 |
| Lightning | 3 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
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 1990 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 6 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| October 1988 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Lightning | Clinton | 1 hurt | A woman from Clinton was taken to the hospital for burns after she was struck by lightning. The Daily Clintonian newspaper reported that she was standing under a tree when the event occurred. She was transported to Union Hospital Clinton and later taken, by ground, to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis for burns. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cayuga | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Rileysburg | $300,000 | At 1422EST, this EF-2 tornado developed along the Illinois-Indiana state line, just west of Rileysburg. A church was pushed off its foundation and the exterior walls collapsed in Rileysburg. A train car was also pushed off railroad tracks and a grain elevator was damaged in Rileysburg. Two mobile homes were completely destroyed to the west-southwest of Covington. At 1425EST, the tornado moved into south-central Warren County. Some trees were downed west of Covington in Warren County. The tornado lifted 2 miles west of Covington at 1426EST. |
| June 1990 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Clinton | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Clinton | $100,000 | Flooded Brouilletts Creek engulfed State Road 63 and washed portion of it away. Rangeline Road had chunks of the road washed out. In Clinton, Feather Creek overflowed its banks and forced residents from their homes. 150 to 175 residents were affected by flooding. |
| March 2006 | Flood | Clinton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree, which landed on top of a small single-story house near McDonald Lake near Clinton. The impact caused the house to split in half and a female occupant to hit the ceiling before she became entrapped by bedroom furniture. The tree itself landed about 6 feet away from the occupant. A newly purchased cell phone was within reach and she was able to summon help to extricate her from the now uninhabitable dwelling. The tree killed a kitten that she had rescued during June flooding. Another cat was injured. The fire department that has jurisdiction could not reach the house due to other fallen trees blocking the route, thus others had to called in. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Newport | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Clinton | $40,000 | Lightning struck the Daily Clintonian building in the 400 block of South Main Street. The fire was on the understructure of the roof. Some of the damage included 13 computers. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Cayuga | $30,000 | An EF-1 tornado touched down at 9:10PM EDT in central Vermillion County and traveled northeast through northwest Parke, southeast Fountain, and west-central Montgomery Counties. This tornado formed 2.72 miles southwest of Cayuga and tracked northeast for approximately 4 miles before exiting Vermillion County about 2.36 miles east, southeast of Cayuga at 9:16PM EDT. The tornado continued northeast into Parke County, around 1.51 miles west of Waterman, for another 8.6 miles before leaving the county 3.53 miles northeast of Sylvania at 9:22PM EDT. The tornado continued northeast into Fountain County, around 1.69 miles east, southeast of Kingman, for another 9.3 miles before pushing into Montgomery County at 9:32PM EDT, 2.75 miles northwest of Alamo, for another 9.23 miles and dissipating about 1.89 miles northwest of Crawfordsville at 9:40PM EDT. Multiple trees and power lines were reported down along the path, as well as siding and shingles ripped off homes. A shed was destroyed in Vermillion County and another structure sustained damage in Parke County. The tornado was rated an EF-1 along most of its path, except in Montgomery County where EF-0 damage was found. The maximum width along the path was 100 yards. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Dana | $25,000 | Small weak tornado touched down briefly and destroyed a pole barn. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1990 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1986 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1973 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Flood | Alta | $21,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $20,000 | The Daily Clintonian reported thunderstorm wind gust damage in the south end of Clinton. A metal storage building was blown over in the 1500 block of South Fourth Street. Also, a tree was knocked down onto a trailer and house windows were also broken out in the same location. Trees and power lines were reported to be downed across much of southern Vermillion County. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Highland Arpt | $20,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Clinton | $20,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Clinton, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Clinton | $20,000 | Flash flooding occurred as water covered South Main Street in Clinton due to heavy rain. Flash flooding had damaged numerous homes, buildings, bridges, and roads. Feather Creek flooded. |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Clinton | $20,000 | A lightning strike caused damage to equipment at a police station. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Klondyke | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a billboard on the northeast corner of Hazel Bluff Road and State Road 63. One side of the sign was torn off and blown to the south side of the roadway. A semi-truck was blown over a few hundred feet north of the intersection. No injury resulted. Driving the city streets in the southern half of Clinton, fallen trees could be seen on nearly every street. A large tree blocked South Third street near Higgins street and another could be seen blocking Ninth street between Blackman and Elm streets. The tree on Ninth had power lines entangled in it. A tree blocked off the intersection of 12th and Blackman streets, cutting off access for residents who live in the 1200 block of Blackman. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Alta | $15,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in eastern Vermillion County due to heavy rain and snow melt. Flooding continued until April 9th at 00:30. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysville Highld F | $13,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees across Vermillion County. One light pole was blown down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $10,000 | Trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts at residence. A few larger branches downed on vehicles. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Newport | $10,000 | Flash flooding occurred across northern portions of Vermillion County, especially by the Vermillion River. Sandbags were handed out and a campground was evacuated. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | West Dana | $10,000 | Highway 71 in and around Dana flooded due to heavy rainfall and was under two to three feet of water. In addition to Dana area flooding there were numerous streets in Clinton flooded by Feather Creek overflowing its banks. Some evacuations were reported in Clinton. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Hillsdale | $10,000 | The Wabash River flooded in Vermillion County. The river remained in flood into March. Crests were over 7 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2007 | Flood | Hillsdale | $10,000 | The Wabash River in Vermillion County remained above flood stage through most of January. Crests were as high as 12 feet above flood stage. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Hillsdale | $10,000 | The Wabash River in Vermillion County remained above flood stage from February through all of March. Crests were 10 feet above flood stage. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Dana | $10,000 | Tornado damagedseveral storage buildings and blew down numerous trees. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perrysville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dana | $8,000 | Trees were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Some minor street flooding was also noted. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $8,000 | A covered bridge sustained damage due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonestown | $7,000 | Trees were downed between County Roads 1050 South and 1150 South near County Road 75 West due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $7,000 | Numerous large trees and power lines were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthy | $6,000 | A roof was blown off a barn due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $5,000 | Pictures received via twitter of tree limbs and power limbs downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dana | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts across the central and southern portions of the county with no specific locations noted. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cayuga | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts in a line stretching from the northwestern portions of the county to Newport. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newport | $5,000 | Trees were down and blocking a road in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coyuga | $5,000 | Trees were downed in this location due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhodes | $5,000 | Trees were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts in this location. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Alta | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Alta | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain. |
| May 2008 | Flood | Alta | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Vermillion County, including near Montezuma, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until June 16th at 0720. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $5,000 | Tree limbs and utility lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Highland Arpt | $5,000 | Thunderstorm rains flooded numerous country roads across the county. Feather Creek began to flood at this time. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Montezuma | $5,000 | Flooding returned to the Wabash River in Vermillion County during late April. The crest reached two and a half feet above flood stage. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Clinton | $5,000 | The Wabash River flooded in Vermillion County. Water remained high into January. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Clinton | $5,000 | The Wabash River flooded in Vermillion County. The river crested at over 6 feet above flood stage. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dana Fairview Park | $5,000 | Trees were downed in Fairview Park, and power lines were downed in Dana. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillsdale | $4,000 | Trees were reported down in Hillsdale due to damaging outflow winds from a thunderstorm. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $4,000 | Trees and power lines were downed by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Summit Grove | $2,500 | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of bottomlands, parks, and lowest roads along the Wabash River during late December and very early January, affecting Vermillion County at and near the Montezuma river gage. This flood event is a continuation from December. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Summit Grove | $2,500 | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of bottomlands, parks, and lowest roads along the Wabash River during late December and very early January, affecting Vermillion County at and near Montezuma river gage. This flood event continued into January. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 12 workings inside this county. 6 still produce and 6 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 9 |
| Clay | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Dana Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Montezuma Shale Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Cayuga Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clinton Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cronkite Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| D. Robertson Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dickerson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hawkins Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Service Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ramsey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Summit Grove Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana : with Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Township | Blanford, Centenary, Clinton, Crompton Hill, Easytown, Fairview Park, Klondyke, Needmore, Rhodes, Sandytown, Syndicate, Tighe, Universal, West Clinton | 8,785 words | 13 | |
| Eugene Township | Cayuga, Eugene | 3,068 words | 2 | |
| Helt Township | Alta, Bono, Dana, Early Station, Highland, Hillsdale, Jonestown, Montezuma Station, Randall, Saint Bernice, Summit Grove, Toronto, West Dana | 4,817 words | 6 | |
| Highland Township | Flat Iron, Gessie, Perrysville, Rileysburg, Tree Spring | 9,160 words | 8 | |
| Vermillion Township | Newport, Quaker | 8,680 words | 8 |
2 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 14 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 | 228,646 words in 15 parts |
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| Natural Features of Vermillion County | 3,026 words |
| Chapter 2: Pre-Historic and Indian Races | 5,234 words |
| Chapter 4: Org.^nization and County Government | 4,435 words |
| Chapter 6: Military History of Vermillion County | 8,911 words |
| Chapter 7: Educational History of Veumillion Col-Xtv | 7,220 words |
| Chapter 9: Fraternal Societies in Vermillion Coltntv Free and Accepted Masons | 1,493 words |
| Chapter 10: \-Ermillion County Attorxeys | 2,084 words |
| Chapter 12: Newspapers of Vermii.eion County | 3,005 words |
| Chapter 14: Tkansportation Facilities | 2,175 words |
| Chapter 15: Agricultural Interests | 1,885 words |
| Chapter 16: The Coal Mining Industry | 2,081 words |
| Chapter 17: Miscellaneous Topics | 7,371 words |
| Chapter 21: Kugene Township | 4,049 words |
Everyone History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana : with Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families 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 1913.
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.
Helt township · 47854 · On Big Raccoon Creek · Dana quadrangle
16 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Clinton township · 47842 · On Feather Creek · Clinton quadrangle
14 sheets, 1951 to 1986
Helt township · 47854 · On Little Raccoon Creek · Dana quadrangle
16 sheets, 1953 to 1986
Highland township · 47974 · On Spring Creek · Perrysville quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1987
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