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Bloomingport, Indiana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47355. It stands on Port Run. The Survey maps it on the Lynn quadrangle.

Bloomingport within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

In the county-history sources

32,049 words on this township

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 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 32,049 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bloomingport: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hutchens Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hutchens Gravel Inc- Lynn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lynn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Carlos2.1 miles12
Lynn3.3 miles19
Snow Hill4.8 miles19
Huntsville5.1 miles12
Rural5.7 miles19
Arba6.9 miles18
Modoc7.1 miles11
Crete7.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431205. 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.