Geneva, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46740. It stands on Limberlost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle. 1,257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.
On record in Geneva
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 2 records
Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2002
Gene Stratton Porter Cabinlisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresGeneva fell from 1,293 to 1,257 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 | 1,293 | |
| 2020 | 1,257 | -36 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1911 USGS Berne quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
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 Geneva: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams City Highway Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Karch Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | 2 killed | Local media and law enforcement reported a large rotten tree, roughly 20 years old, was blown over by non severe thunderstorm winds . The tree landed onto a moving truck that was occupied by a man and woman. Both occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene. The base of the tree was rotten in over half way and up 5 feet with the portion of the tree breaking off being the rotten portion. No other damage to structures, trees or any object were noted. |
| April 2006 | Lightning | Geneva | $250,000 | Lightning struck a barn north of Geneva shortly after 3 am EDT. The barn was a total loss from the resultant fire. In addition, four horses, two or three calves and several grown pigs were killed as well as several pieces of farm equipment being destroyed. Damage is estimated at around $250,000. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Geneva | $150,000 | 35 MOBILE HOMES IN A TRAILER PARK SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING. 200 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED ALONG THE UPPER WABASH RIVER. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Geneva | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | A healthy one foot diameter tree, as well as numerous eight to ten inch diameter branches were blown down across State Route 27 at High Street. A few shingles were also blown off a roof. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | A trained spotter reported wind gusts to 64 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | A few trees were reported down in Geneva, near the Jay county line. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Geneva | - | Emergency management reported trees and power lines down in Geneva. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Geneva | - | Law enforcement reported SR 119 closed near Geneva due to flash flooding. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Geneva | - | Emergency management reported roads still closed due to flash flooding. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Geneva | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Geneva | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Geneva | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Geneva | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceylon | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Perryville | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Berne | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Linn Grove | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Salem | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Coppess Corner | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Monroe | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Honduras | 12.1 miles | 10 |
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 Geneva | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q545602 | 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 435014. 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.




