Bainbridge, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46105. The Survey maps it on the Roachdale quadrangle. 684 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 925 feet above sea level.

Bainbridge within Putnam County

On record in Bainbridge

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Bainbridge fell from 746 to 684 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	746
2020	684	-62 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Roachdale quadrangle1:24000
1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

741 words on this township

Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Monroe Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

This township was one of/ the first settled, and is one of the best in the county. It is Congressional township 15, range 4, and is bounded on the north by Franklin, on the east by Floyd, on the south by Greencastle, . and on the west by Clinton townships. The surface is mostly level in the north part, but more rolling in the south. The soil is a rich black loam, superimposed upon a yellow clay subsoil. Like the rest of the county, Monroe was originally covered with a splendid growth of valuable timber, most of which has been cut and sold. The streams of the township consist of a few branches of Big and Little Walnnt, the latter just cutting the southeast corner on section 38. ' The township is well improved. It has two gravel roads, one running north from Greeueastle, the other west from Bainbridge. Along these roads lies some of the finest country in Putnam Count)'; and the farms are well improved, presenting the evidence of care and skill on the part of their owner*.

Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.

Alexander Farrow, Thomas Tinsley, William Garrett, Sharp Spencer, Mrs. Brother* and her: son Robert lb-others ami Mr. Dale. Among those who came soon afterward may be named the Darnal'ls, 'the Starrs, the Thorntons and the Fyffes.

Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.

The marriage of George Jackson and Susannah Tomlinson was the first in the township. The first blacksmith was John Jackson, who built a shop on section 32. Thomas Heady Was the first justice of the peace. Then came Reuben Slavens and Alexander Tolin as his successors in office. The first who died in the township was a man named Lane. He was buried on the farm of George W. Hewlett. The Brick Chapel graveyard is one of the oldest in the township, and has a beautiful 'location. The first school was taught by George Pearcy on section 1, north of Bainbridge. About the year 1826 Addison 'Lane taught a school near the site of Brick Chapel, which was the first in that neighborhood. He was followed by Joseph Farley, Hiram B. Slavens and John Slavens. The Christians held the first meetings in the township at the house of George W. Hewlett in 18^3. Gilbert llaniey preached and conducted the services. This house was used as a place of worship for several years by different denominations. Rev. Benjamin Jones, a Methodist minister, held services also at the house of Mr. Hewlett, shortly after the Christian meetings at the same place, and here the Methodist church was organized by Daniel Anderson and Benjamin C. Stevenson. This must have taken place in the conference year 1820-'27, as Anderson and Stevenson were then pastors of the Eel River Circuit. Meetings were also held in a log schoolhouse that stood where Brick Chapel now stands. The first church-building was erected by the Methodists on the present site of the Montgomery Chapel. It was a small brick

Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Monroe Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bainbridge: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Bainbridge Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Harris Stone Service Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

25 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bainbridge in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2003	Tornado (F1)	Bainbridge	$100,000	An F1 tornado near Bainbridge destroyed 3 metal barns and did minor to moderate damage to 2 homes.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	$50,000	The Bainbridge Fire Department building was damaged due to damaging thunderstorm winds. The downburst winds lifted the overhang of the roof's west end and completely separated the roof from the walls. Tangled aluminum roof material was tossed northeast and insulation was splattered on the home just east of the firehouse. The department's radio antenna was also destroyed. Just south of the firehouse, across county road 700 North, a barn was destroyed by the high wind.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	$50,000	no account filed
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	$4,000	A snapped tree, broken branch or branches, and a slightly damaged fence occurred near this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	$3,000	Several reports of downed trees and power lines by thunderstorm wind gusts across northeastern Putnam County.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Bainbridge	$2,000	Ponding of rain water covered US 36. Major flooding was in progress on Plum Creek.
April 2024	Hail	Bainbridge	-	Thunderstorm produced marginally severe hail south of Bainbridge, before hail as large as pennies was reported towards Heritage Lake.
July 2014	Hail	Bainbridge	-	One inch sized hail reported from the intersection of County Road 500 North and 150 East.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down trees across the northern sections of the county.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm wind damage.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	Trees were downed.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	Trees were blown down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	Trees were blown down.
May 2014	Hail	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Bainbridge	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Bainbridge	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Carpentersville	3.1 miles	11
Cary	3.8 miles	14
Brick Chapel	4.6 miles	14
New Maysville	4.8 miles	13
Groveland	4.9 miles	13
Fincastle	5.5 miles	13
Heritage Lake	5.9 miles	14
Roachdale	6.1 miles	11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Bainbridge	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2222459	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430412. 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.

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.