BlockCrossroads, Indiana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Armstrong Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47720. The Survey maps it on the Kasson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Haubstadt quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Haubstadt quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Patoka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Kasson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kasson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
4,236 words on this townshipHistory of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, from Earliest Times to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Etc, published 1889 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Armstrong Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Armstrong Township - 4,236 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Martin | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Joseph | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Wendel | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Nisbet | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Darmstadt | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Inglefield | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hillsdale | 5.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452234. 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.