BlockBartonia, Indiana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47390. It stands on Bartonia Run. The Survey maps it on the Spartanburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
43,559 words on this townshipHistory of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Wayne Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
ANDREW McCONNKLL was born in Miami County, Ohio, July it), 1820, and is a son John and Elizabeth McConnell. He was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. When he was a young man, he learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed for twenty years. He has been twice married, the first time to Miss Jane Innian, by whom he had si-x children, of whom four are now living. His second wife was Mrs. Matilda Clapp. by whom he has one child. Mr. .McConnell came to this county in 1850, and at present resides at Bartonia, being a Justice of the Peace for Wayne Township.
Passage source: History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882.
cducnted in the common di I married, to Miss Catharine Hcadrich, aughter of Michael Headrich. She died March 31, 1880, leaving six children. She had been for four years a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Kunkle for five years worked at shoeinaking, and for awhile was Postmaster of Bartonia. At present, he owns a farm of 100 acres in the south part of Wayne Township, and is engaged in farming and
Passage source: History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882.
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 Wayne Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bartonia in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bartonia | $4,000 | Several repots of trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts in rural portions of eastern Randolph county with concentration south of Union City. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Salem | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Spartanburg | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Haysville Corner | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Crete | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Harrisville | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Rural | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Snow Hill | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Union City | 6.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430552. 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.
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.