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Braysville, Indiana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47460. The Survey maps it on the Freedom quadrangle.

Braysville within Owen County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

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 Braysville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Spencer 520 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Spencer DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W. C. Hargis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Owen 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
Adel1.8 miles17
Pottersville2.1 miles17
Freeman2.4 miles24
New Hope3.4 miles17
Vilas4.5 miles17
Southport4.6 miles16
Freedom5.0 miles17
Spencer5.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 431458. 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.