BlockBrice, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47371. It stands on Saw Run. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1915 USGS Fort Recovery quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Fort Recovery quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Fort Recovery quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
41 words on this townshipHistory of Jay County, Indiana, published 1864 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Noble Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Noble Township - 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellfountain | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Salamonia | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Liber | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Antioch | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| College Corner | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Portland | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Noble | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Boundary City | 5.3 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 Q4965836 | 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 431505. 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.