BlockDuff, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Patoka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47542. The Survey maps it on the Velpen quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1902 USGS Ditney quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Velpen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Velpen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,143 words on this townshipHistory of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910 names this settlement in its chapter on Patoka Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Dujf. Robert Small is the founder of DufF, and the town plat bears date of April 9, 1883, though a postofl&ce had long been established before 1883. It is said to have been named in honor of Col. B. B. Edmonston, who when a boy was called "Col. Duff," by his companions.
Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.
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 Patoka 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 Duff: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartelt Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Huntingburg Pit & Mill | Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duff in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duff | - | Several trees were blocking the roadway. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duff | - | Dispatch reported that a couple of trees were blown down west of Huntingburg near the county line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millersport | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Huntingburg | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Holland | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Ireland | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Jasper | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Maltersville | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bretzville | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Johnsburg | 8.4 miles | 14 |
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 Duff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688338 | 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 433754. 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.