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Elm Tree Crossroads, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46733. The Survey maps it on the Decatur quadrangle.

Elm Tree Crossroads within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

975 words on this township

Snow's History of Adams County, Indiana, published 1907 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 975 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Elm Tree Crossroads: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, 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
Cly Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Decatur City Engr.StoneProducer
Krick-Tyndall PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adams 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
Coppess Corner3.0 miles13
Monroe3.2 miles13
Decatur3.2 miles13
Peterson3.5 miles10
Preble4.3 miles10
Honduras4.6 miles10
Monmouth5.5 miles13
Magley5.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 434126. 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.