BlockHerr, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Zionsville town. It lies in ZIP code area 46052. The Survey maps it on the Fayette quadrangle. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Fayette quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fayette quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
37,254 words on this townshipEarly Life and Times in Boone County Indiana, published 1861; History of Boone County, Indiana : With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Old Families, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Zionsville Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Zionsville Town - 37,254 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fayette | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Milledgeville | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dale | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Brunswick | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Royalton | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Whitestown | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Stonegate | 5.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q14688415 | 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 436061. 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.