BlockCross Roads, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47356. It stands on Welsh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs quadrangle. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
On record in Cross Roads
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.
Richwood Evangelical Lutheran Churchlisted 2004 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Sulpher Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
15,031 words on this townshipA Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware County, Indiana :, published 1894 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Salem Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Salem Township - 15,031 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 Cross Roads: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progress | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Daleville | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| West Muncie | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Yorktown | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Oakville | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cowan | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Middletown Park | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cammack | 8.2 miles | 17 |
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 Cross Roads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5188401 | 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 433188. 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.