BlockBlack Rock, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47970. It stands on Flint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westpoint quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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
- 1962 USGS Westpoint quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,976 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Warren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
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 Warren Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
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 Black Rock: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostone Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hill | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Banning Corner | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Independence | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Winthrop | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Chatterton | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Glen Cliff | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Village | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Kramer | 10.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431141. 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.