BlockCutler, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Democrat Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46920. The Survey maps it on the Rossville quadrangle. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
On record in Cutler
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 2 records
Adams Milllisted 1984
Adams Mill Covered Bridgelisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rossville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
328 words on this townshipHistory of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916 names this settlement in its chapter on Democrat Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The oldest mill was the Adam's mill, located on Wild Cat creek, east of Cutler, in 1831. Mr. Adams erected a flouring-mill in 1835. Samuel Weaver operated a carding-mill, also manufactured linseed oil, and later operated a woolen-mill at Prince William. A tannery was operated by a Mr. Campbell from 1835 to 1840. Lexington was laid out on land of Eli Patty in 1835, and was a good trading point. Prince William was noted in early times as a popular place for the holding of political meetings. Considerable business was transacted at this place during the palmy days of the "Plank Road" existence. Wild Cat creek is the principal stream in the township, having several branches in the southeastern part of the town¬ ship.
Passage source: History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Democrat Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
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 Cutler: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carroll County Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cutler in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | $6,000 | Several large trees were reported down with one blocking State Route 75 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | $500 | Tree limbs, eight to ten inches in diameter, were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cutler | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cutler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Mill | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ray | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lexington | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bringhurst | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Prince William | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Flora | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Owasco | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Ockley | 5.9 miles | 9 |
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 Cutler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5196866 | 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 433265. 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.