Doans, Indiana

Matched 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.

• 1956 USGS Koleen quadrangle1:24000
• 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1978 USGS Koleen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
• 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000

Early History of Greene County, Indiana : As Taken from the Official Records, and Compiled from Authentic Recollection, by Pioneer Settlers ... Including Brief Sketches of Pioneer Families ..., published 1875 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Doans: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Greene County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433586. 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.