Culver, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46511. The Survey maps it on the Culver quadrangle. 1,129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Culver
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 5 records
Culver Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1996
East Shore Historic Districtlisted 1998
Forest Place Historic Districtlisted 2000
Norris Farm-Maxinkuckee Orchardlisted 2016
Woodbank
Population over time
2 figuresCulver fell from 1,353 to 1,129 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,353 | |
| 2020 | 1,129 | -224 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Culver quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,589 words on this townshipHistory of Indiana : Containing a History of Indiana and Biographical Sketches of Governors and Other Leading Men. Also a Statement of the Growth and Prosperity of Marshall County, Together with a Personal and Family Histry of Many of Its Citizens, published 1890 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Union Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Union Township - 6,589 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Culver: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Weaver Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Burr Oak Sand & Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Culver in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $250,000 | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in and around Culver. Several of the trees and limbs fell onto houses or a few businesses. Damage in the area is estimated at $250,000. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $50,000 | A storage shed was destroyed and several large trees were downed. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | $30,000 | Two power poles down near the intersection of SR 10 and SR 17. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Culver | $500 | A picture showed hail between half and three-quarter inch hail. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | The public reported a carport, anchored three feet into the ground, was blown over. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | A trained spotter reported small to medium size branches blown down. In addition, a wooden sign at a local golf course was blown down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Amateur radio operators reported a large branch being blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Emergency management officials reported trees and power lines reported down south of Culver. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down across the county. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Law enforcement reported trees down southeast of Culver and also near Inwood. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | Large tree down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN WITH SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Culver | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Culver | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Culver | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Culver | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxinkuckee | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Burr Oak | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Rutland | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Twin Lakes | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Donaldson | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Plymouth | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Argos | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut | 11.6 miles | 11 |
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 Culver | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3293358 | 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 433239. 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.



