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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.

Geneva within Adams County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Geneva 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,293
20201,257-36 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adams City Highway Dept.StoneProducer
Karch Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

14 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGeneva2 killedLocal 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 2006LightningGeneva$250,000Lightning 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 1998Flash FloodGeneva$150,00035 MOBILE HOMES IN A TRAILER PARK SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING. 200 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED ALONG THE UPPER WABASH RIVER.
March 2024HailGeneva$1,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGeneva-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 2013Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A trained spotter reported wind gusts to 64 mph.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGeneva-A few trees were reported down in Geneva, near the Jay county line.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Emergency management reported trees and power lines down in Geneva.
July 2003Flash FloodGeneva-Law enforcement reported SR 119 closed near Geneva due to flash flooding.
July 2003Flash FloodGeneva-Emergency management reported roads still closed due to flash flooding.
June 2013HailGeneva-no account filed
May 2011HailGeneva-no account filed
May 2011HailGeneva-no account filed
May 1998HailGeneva-no account filed

Every storm 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
Ceylon1.0 miles12
Perryville4.4 miles10
Berne4.6 miles13
Linn Grove5.4 miles11
Salem10.2 miles13
Coppess Corner10.6 miles13
Monroe10.6 miles13
Honduras12.1 miles10

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 GenevaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q545602The 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.