BlockCollege Corner, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47371. It stands on Golf Brook. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle. It stands 919 feet above sea level.
On record in College Corner
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Jonas Votaw Houselisted 2004 · 0.2 miles away
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
38,791 words on this townshipHistorical Hand-atlas, Illustrated : Containing ... Twelve Farm Maps, and History of Jay County, Indiana, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Wayne Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Wayne Township - 38,791 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of College Corner: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names College Corner in 2 storm reports in 2015: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flood | College Corner | - | Several side streets flooded. |
| June 2015 | Flood | College Corner | - | Several rounds of rainfall caused high water levels along the Salamonie River, with numerous roads impacted near the river. In addition, several county roads were dealing with high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liber | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Portland | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Collett | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Antioch | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Blaine | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Brice | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bluff Point | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 5.0 miles | 15 |
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 College Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688323 | 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 432765. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.