BlockDalton, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dalton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47346. It stands on Show Run. The Survey maps it on the Hagerstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hagerstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
12,981 words on this townshipHistory of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872 names this settlement in its chapter on Dalton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The township of Dalton was formed from Perry in 1847, and lies in the north-west corner of the county. It is four miles square, containing an area of sixteen square miles. Of the lands comprised in this township, only a narrow gore, about three-fourths of a mile wide on the south line, and coming to a point about three miles north, on the Perry line, lies within the Twelve Mile Purchase; consequently none but this was ready for sale to settlers until 1822. Several families, however, settled west of that Purchase several years prior to the sale by the Glovernment.
Passage source: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872.
Aquila "West settled on the farm now owned by Lyndsey Dennis, near the town, as early, probably, as 1818 or 1819. He removed some years after from the county. James Lindley settled, soon after West, south-east from town, on West Kiver, where Jesse Fonts now resides. He removed from the township, and died. Seth Mills, from Tennessee, settled on the farm now owned by Isaac W. Beeson. These, and some in other parts of the township, settled before the lands were offered for sale.
Passage source: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872.
Joseph Davis, from North Carolina to Ohio, in 1808, removed, in 1823, to the farm on which he now resides, near town. Charles Burroughs, from Virginia, purchased a mile and a half north of town, in 1822, and settled permanently half a mile north of town, in 1826, where he now resides. Isaac W. Beeson, from North Carolina, settled early near Franklin, and in 1835 where he now resides, near and west of Dalton. Isaac Reynolds, from North Carolina, settled near Franklin, on land bought by his father of Sampson Smith, now owned by Wilson Reynolds. Nathan Baldwin, from North Carolina, near town, in 1880 or 1831, where he still re- sides. Thomas E. Beeson, from Korth Carolina, son of Isaac Beeson, about 1831, one mile east of town. Pleasant Harris, from K'orth Carolina, near Franklin; land now owned by Thomas and. Wilson Dennis; had. settled early in New Garden; came to Dalton before the land, sales ; removed to Iowa, and died there. Benj. F. Beeson, from North Carolina, near Franklin ; land now owned by John Bering, Thomas Is^icholson, and others. Thomas Antrim, from Tennessee, about 1820, three-quarters of a mile north of towm; land now owned by Charles Burroughs and Isaac Covalt. Samuel Beeson, half a mile east of Dalton, about 1826; died there, aged about 94 years. Land tirst settled by Wm. Main.
Passage source: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872.
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 Dalton Township - it names this place 33 more 33 times.
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 Dalton: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalton in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | $3,000 | Trees knocked down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | $2,000 | Several small trees were knocked down in the Dalton area. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | $1,000 | Two trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds. One was located on Wilkinson Road and another was at Highway 35 and Charles Road. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalton | - | Numerous large limbs and power lines knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Economy | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hagerstown | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Greens Fork | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksonburg | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Williamsburg | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hoover Mill | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| College Corner | 11.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 447636. 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.