Elizabeth, Indiana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Posey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47117. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kosmosdale quadrangle. 199 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElizabeth grew from 162 to 199 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 162 | |
| 2020 | 199 | +37 (+23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1909 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1912 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Kosmosdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Elizabeth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gem Silica Elizabeth Plant | Silica | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elizabeth in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $10,000 | A spotter located along O'Bannon road in eastern Harrison County reported that several trees were toppled, including one that fell onto a car. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $10,000 | Eight or nine pine trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. One fell on and damaged a mobile home, but no occupants were injured. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $5,000 | The public reported that a shed was destroyed with a person inside. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2019 | Heavy Rain | Elizabeth | - | Water was over a portions of State Road 11, 211, and 111. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Elizabeth | - | A Kentucky state official indicated that because of torrential rainfall, there was high water flowing over Route 211. The report also indicated that other locations around town were experiencing high water and flooding issues. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Elizabeth | - | Law enforcement reported numerous stalled and stranded vehicles across Harrison County. Several cars were stuck in water on Route 11 and Route 111. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | A Harrison County law enforcement official reported trees down along Elizabeth - New Middletown Road. |
| April 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Elizabeth | - | Several reports of a funnel cloud were received from the public with a storm that exhibited significant rotation on NWS Doppler radar. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Elizabeth | - | Buck Creek was flowing across some roads. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Springs | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sugar Grove | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Rehoboth | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lottick Corner | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Salina | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Buena Vista | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fishtown | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Macedonia | 4.7 miles | 20 |
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 Elizabeth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2734135 | 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 434068. 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.









