BlockCresco, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Thorncreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46725. It stands on Sell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbia City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Columbia City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Columbia City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
11,019 words on this townshipHistory of Whitley County, Indiana, published 1907 names this settlement in its chapter on Thorncreek Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Calvin C. Hyre, April 14, 1902, till the office was discontinued February 29, 1904, and the patrons supplied by rural route fourteen, from Columbia City. When established, it was put on the route from Columbia City, by Lorane, Hecla, Ormas, Wilmot, Indian Village and Cromwell, to Ligonier, three times a week. In 1884, the route was shortened to take in Lorane, Hecla and Ormas, then return, three times a week. This route was later extended to take in Cresco, and so remained until the office was discontinued.
Passage source: History of Whitley County, Indiana, published 1907.
The township has one general store which is in the northern part. This store is of great convenience to the residents in that part. The business was started by Edmund E. Hoffer on the corner of his father's farm. He sold it to John Cotterly, who moved it to his farm, a half mile east and a half mile north of where Mr. Hoffer had it. Mr. Cotterly subsequently moved it a half mile south. A postomce, known as Cresco, Indiana, was established at this store and maintained until rural free delivery was brought about, and it was then abandoned.
Passage source: History of Whitley County, Indiana, published 1907.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cresco in 2007, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 November 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Lakes | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lorane | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ormas | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Etna | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Columbia City | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Collins | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Corners | 7.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433111. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.