BlockBriarwood, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gregg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46157. The Survey maps it on the Hall quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hall quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
11,795 words on this townshipCounties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Gregg Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Gregg Township - 11,795 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Monrovia | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wilbur | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bunker Hill | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Zion Corner | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Beech Grove | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Herbamount | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Hart | 4.1 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q4965805 | 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 431504. 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.