Bellmore, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47872. The Survey maps it on the Bellmore quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.

Bellmore within Parke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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
1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Bellmore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bellmore: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	H & H Pit and Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Parke County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellmore in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Bellmore	-	A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at this location.
April 2018	Hail	Bellmore	-	Most hailstones were the size of nickels, with a few slightly larger than a quarter.
May 2009	Flood	Bellmore	-	Law Enforcement reported US 36 east of Rockville, Indiana was partially under water.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Bellmore	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Bellmore	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Bellmore	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Bellmore	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parke 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
Hollandsburg	1.8 miles	13
Madalline	2.3 miles	16
New Discovery	2.3 miles	14
Piattsville	3.9 miles	14
Pin Hook	4.0 miles	14
Judson	4.0 miles	14
Nyesville	4.1 miles	14
Ferndale	4.1 miles	16

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 Bellmore	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4884076	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 430781. 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.