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Clark Siding, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Charlestown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47111. The Survey maps it on the Charlestown quadrangle.

Clark Siding within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

3,790 words on this township

Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana, published 1909 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Charlestown Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Charlestown Township - 3,790 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clark Siding: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Charlestown QuarryStoneProducer
Speed MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Speed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dredge No. 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harmony LandingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hel Del DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hel Del DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Charlestown1.4 miles15
Runyantown2.8 miles17
Springville3.7 miles15
Sylvan Grove3.9 miles15
Rolling Hills4.0 miles17
Otisco4.8 miles8
New Market5.0 miles9
Memphis5.2 miles14

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 Q122568520The 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 432566. 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.