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Avalon Hills, Indiana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46220. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fishers quadrangle.

Avalon Hills within Marion County

On record in Avalon Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

25,786 words on this township

History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Lawrence Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Lawrence Township - 25,786 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Avalon Hills: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Indianapolis 521 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lawrence City-Own CrewsStoneProducer
Carmel 512 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eighty-Sixth Street SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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

Every working recorded in Marion County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Devonshire0.2 miles19
Fairwood Hills1.4 miles19
Brendonwood1.5 miles17
Mayflower Meadows1.6 miles19
Ivy Hills1.8 miles19
Castleton2.0 miles19
Allisonville2.2 miles19
Vertland2.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430353. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.