BlockHamilton, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46011. The Survey maps it on the Lapel quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Lapel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lapel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
447 words on this townshipHistory of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
This township was named in honor of Ex-President Andrew Jackson. It is six miles from north to south, and is in the shape of an L, and contains twenty-eight square miles. White river runs through this township from east to west, and Pipe Creek through the northwest corner. Stony Creek has its source in the southeast corner. Perkinsville and Hamilton are in this township, both of which are voting places.
Passage source: History of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Sulfur, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit-Abc Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z80 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite | |
| Lapel Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lapel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Flood | Hamilton | $5,000 | Pockets of flooded roads across mostly northern Madison county. Total rainfall was as high as 4 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Village | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bloomer | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Edgewood | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| River Forest | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| South Edgewood | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Western Village | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Elmhurst | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Grandview | 4.1 miles | 14 |
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 Hamilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5644759 | 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 435636. 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.