BlockBirmingham, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Allen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46951. The Survey maps it on the Deedsville quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Deedsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Deedsville quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Allen township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
The Historical Incidents
Of Butier township have ever been interesting topics of conversation. The Wilhelm murder occurred about 1845. It seems that old Martin Wilhelm had a daughter to whom a young man by the name of Ullery wished to pay his. respects. 'The father forbade the young man ever to enter the house. The lover, however, continued his visits to the object of his affections.
In the county-history sources
21,742 words on this townshipHistory of Miami County, published 1896 names this settlement in its chapter on Allen Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
A society was organized at Birmingham, about one and one-half mile south of Macy, tut many of its members transfered their membership to other classes, and the society has been abandoned for more than three years.
Passage source: History of Miami County, published 1896.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Birmingham: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. and C. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macy | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Deedsville | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Perrysburg | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wagoner (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Denver | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Gilead | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Chili | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Courter | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Birmingham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4916574 | 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 431104. 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.