Fremont, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Fremont Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46737. The Survey maps it on the Angola East quadrangle. 2,034 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.

Fremont within Steuben County

On record in Fremont

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 4 records

Collins Schoollisted 2002
William L. Lords Houselisted 1983
Enos Michael Houselisted 1982
Erastus and Louise Farnham House and Barnlisted 2022

Population over time

2 figures

Fremont fell from 2,138 to 2,034 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	2,138
2020	2,034	-104 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1939 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Angola East quadrangle1:24000

In the county-history sources

17,226 words on this township

History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Fremont Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The township first known as Brockville, but afterward named in honor of the famous " pathfinder," JohnC. Fremont, is bounded on the north by Branch County, in the State of Michigan; on the east by Clear Lake Township; on the south by York and Scott, and on the west by Jamestown. It is four miles north and south, and five and three-quarters east and west. Its area is accordingly about twenty-three square miles, or 15,000 acres, of which 600 are covered by water. The largest lakes are Cedar, on sections 14, 15, 22, 27, 26 and 23; Walter's Lake, on 18, and Fish Lake, on 16 and 21. The Fort Wayne & Jackson branch of the Lake Sliore & Michigan Southern Railroad crosses the township from southwest to northeast, over sections 32, 29, 28, 21, 22, 15, 14 and 13. It has two stations, Fremont and Ray, the latter being partly in Branch County, Mich.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

One day in the latter part of August, 1835, John McMahan unhitched his horses about a mile from the present village of Fremont, and to him belongs the honor of being the first white settler in the township. Uncle Demary Tillitson passed Mr. Mc- Mahan about two hours after the latter had stopped, and he is thus entitled to the second place on the roll of old settlers. Mr. Tillitson "took up" eighty acres of land where the commodious residence of Erastus Farnhara (now of Chicago) was afterward erected, and Mr. McMahan settled a mile further north. He died in 1878, being survived by Demary Tillitson for a short time. That same fall several more settlers came into the township, among them being Jeremiah Tillitson, an uncle of Demary's, Jacob Roop, Fred Bowers and Peter Cluck. Jeremiah Tillitson died about 1874, in his eightieth year.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

Jacob Roop was killed about 1865 by the carelessness of a drug clerk. He had been troubled for some time with the rheumatism, and called on a physician for something to relieve him. The doctor told him to take a spoonful of tincture of colchicum every three or four hours. Mr. Roop took the prescription to a drug store. The clerk didn't know what tincture meant, and so gave him colchicum seed. He took one spoonful of them and in about three hours was in great agony, but thinking that it might be necessary to cure him took another spoonful. He grew rapidly worse. Medical aid was summoned from Fremont and other places, but notwithstanding every effort was made to save him he died in a few hours, having suffered terribly. Fred Bowers died of old age about 1869, being at the time of his death nearly ninety years of age. Peter Cluck was a blacksmith, and was noted as a very powerful man. One of his sons, Peter, succeeded him in that occupation at Fremont. Another sou was killed in the late civil war. The old gentleman died about 1870.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

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 Fremont Township - it names this place 51 more 51 times.

Fires near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fremont between 2002 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BRANCH 01 - MUCK LAKE FIRE
26 March 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	LAKELAND VFD 0019033 - 2019
15 November 2002	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fremont: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Angola Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

34 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fremont in 34 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 19 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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
July 1998	Lightning	Fremont	$312,000	LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRES DESTROYED A BARN AND KENNEL AT 3580 S CR RD 800 E. ANOTHER LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE DESTROYED ANOTHER BARN AND FARM TRACTORS AT 3285 N CR RD 650 E WHICH TOOK FIRE FIGHTERS 40 MINUTES TO GET UNDER CONTROL.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$100,000	Local emergency management performed a storm survey of damage west of Fremont. A strip mall suffered significant damage to the roof and soffits as well as broken windows. Numerous trees were reported down in the area with one onto a car. Some trees were uprooted, as large as 20 inches in diameter. Trees and a light pole were blown down at a Holiday Inn Express. The damage appeared to be consistent with straight line winds of around 70 mph. Damage is estimated at around $100,000.
September 2005	Hail	Fremont	$50,000	30 to 35 homes were reported to have siding damage and a few vehicles also suffered some damage. Hail up to golf ball size was reported.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$40,000	Several trees were blown down, one reported to be 24 inches in diameter. A 12 inch diameter tree fell onto a parked police car, which was totaled as a result. A large cottonwood tree was blown down near Snow Lake, with debris from the tree knocking over a fence and utility shed.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$20,000	Numerous power lines and trees were blown down.
July 2001	Flood	Fremont	$9,000	Store located in "a small gully" as described by owner experienced water up to the owners knee after rainfall of around 2 inches in 3 hours. No injuries.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$2,000	Tree branches one foot in diameter were down south of Fremont.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$1,000	Trained spotter reported large trees down west of Fremont near Pleasant Lake. One of the trees was blown down on a home with minor damage.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$1,000	Power lines and trees down in northern Steuben County south of Fremont and north of Snow Lake.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	The public reported several large tree limbs down along as well as a flipped trampoline.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	EM reports numerous trees down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Emergency management officials reported multiple trees and power lines blown down along SR 120, west of Fremont.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Emergency management officials reported tree limbs blown down onto power lines.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	A trained spotter reported numerous three to six inch diameter tree limbs down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Amateur radio operators reported the top half of a five inch diameter tree down blocking the road near State Route 827 and County Road 300 East.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Amateur radio operators reported several power lines and trees down in and around Fremont.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Emergency management officials reported trees down in the Fremont area, one of which fell onto a house. No further damage details were provided.
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	A measured 62 mph wind gust was reported by a spotter in Fremont.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Several tree limbs were blown down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Tree down onto power line.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Numerous limbs were blown down.
September 2005	Hail	Fremont	-	Hail up to the size of nickels was reported.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Tree blown down onto power line.
February 2017	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Valley Outlet Center	3.7 miles	16
Jamestown	4.6 miles	16
Page	4.9 miles	16
Potawatomi Inn	5.1 miles	16
Glen Eden	5.2 miles	16
Clear Lake	5.3 miles	16
Eastpoint Terminal	6.2 miles	16
Lake James	6.4 miles	16

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 Fremont	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2308230	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 434824. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.