BlockDeming, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46034. The Survey maps it on the Noblesville quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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
- 1953 USGS Noblesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Noblesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Noblesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Noblesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Noblesville quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
6,516 words on this townshipHistory of Hamilton County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
E.\RI,V Iin.Mis, In the early days of eiiiigralion, the liio.st direct lino between two stations was the object sought by the emigrant, and Strawtown was, perhaps, tho most noted point on the line usually traveled by emigrant trains. Here they could find the provisions to replenish their supply and last until ihcy could reach the scltlcmcnls on Wild Cat Prairie, in Tippecanoe County. The most direct route between Strawtown and the latter point w,is indicated by an Indian "truce," which in time became a well-defined road, from tlie frci[uency with which it was traveled, but its course was rambling and irregular, as the driver would often bo compelled to make a circuit in order to ovoid a iniidhole. About the year 1830, this road was surveyed by order of tho State, and was oderward known as the Newcastle and La Fayette Slate road. About the
Passage source: History of Hamilton County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1880.
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 Jackson Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deming in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deming | $10,000 | Two utility poles were blown down by thunderstorm winds near East 256th Street and Carson road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deming | $5,000 | Large trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deming | $4,000 | Multiple trees reported to be downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts and were blocking a nearby road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deming | $2,000 | A tree and telephone pole was downed on 236th Street, north of Deming, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deming | $1,000 | A tree was reported over the road near 225th Street and Hinkel Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers Corner | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hortonville | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cicero | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Westfield | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Boxley | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Monterey Village | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Arcadia | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lamong | 5.9 miles | 12 |
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 Deming | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5255363 | 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 433464. 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.
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.