BlockBunker Hill, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Connersville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47331. The Survey maps it on the Connersville quadrangle. It stands 945 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Connersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Connersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,332 words on this townshipHistory of Fayette County, Indiana: Containing a History of the Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies, Etc., Etc. .., published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Connersville Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The little village bearing the above name is suburban to Connersville, and was laid out on the land of Austin B. Claypool, being acknowledged by that gentleman March 13, 1877. In 1882 a large and substantial two-story brick sehoolhouse, beautiful in design, was erected in the place, and at this writing there is in process of construction a brick church edifice, which is on ground donated for the purpose by A. B. Claypool, who is one of the trustees and is superintending its erection. The society was organized in the fall of 1883 by Rev. J. S. Tevis, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this city. The membership consisted of some twelve or fifteen persons who held membership in the city church, to which the charge is as yet connected, but will soon become an independent Methodist Episcopal Church. The village is supplied with one store.
Passage source: History of Fayette County, Indiana: Containing a History of the Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies, Etc., Etc. .., published 1885.
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 Connersville Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bunker Hill: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Co. Hwy. Dept. - Own Crews | Stone | Producer | ||
| Connersville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Park Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood Crossing | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tyner Crossing | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Connersville | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Columbia | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Harrisburg | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Nulltown | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Huber | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Orange | 5.7 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bunker Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4997747 | 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 431809. 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.