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Dwenger Field, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46803. It stands on Saint Marys River. The Survey maps it on the Fort Wayne East quadrangle.

Dwenger Field within Allen County

On record in Dwenger Field

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

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.

In the county-history sources

40,276 words on this township

History of Allen County, Indiana., published 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wayne Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wayne Township - 40,276 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dwenger Field: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brudi #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irving Gravel Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Midwest Aggregates Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nail Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allen County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sunnymede Woods2.3 miles13
Greendale2.5 miles13
Fairfax2.8 miles13
Anthony Wayne Village2.8 miles13
River Haven2.8 miles13
North Highland3.2 miles14
Northcrest3.4 miles14
Sunnymeadow3.6 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122546319The 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 433821. 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.