Hitchcock, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47167. The Survey maps it on the Smedley quadrangle.

Hitchcock within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1951 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1966 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From First Educational Report, Washington County, Indiana : Containing Photographic Illustrations, Superintendents', Principals', Teachers', and Citizens' Reports of the Educational Work in the County, published 1915 - Washington Township

A Skirmish With The Indians

The Zink families came to the county at an early date and figured pnimineiitlv in the development of the country. They located down Blue river southwest of Salem in 1814. Daniel Zink, a Revolutionary soldier, came from Kentucky with several of his boys. One of them, John Zink. was a meml)er ui (.'(ilonel Dawalt's company of rangers which chased the Indians engaged in the rigeoii Rdost massacre.

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In the county-history sources

12,709 words on this township

First Educational Report, Washington County, Indiana : Containing Photographic Illustrations, Superintendents', Principals', Teachers', and Citizens' Reports of the Educational Work in the County, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

In the vocal work in music the pupils were taught the rudiments and school songs (four to six songs were taught each month). Some of the part songs were: The Little Persimmon Tree; The Boat Song; The Whippoorwill; Our Dollies; The Village Bells; Good Night, Ladies; Oh, Blue Eyes Closed in Slumber; Upidee; O Tiny Boat; Call to Arms; Soldiers' Chorus; Perfect Day; Love's Old Sweet Song; Where Are You Going To?

Passage source: First Educational Report, Washington County, Indiana : Containing Photographic Illustrations, Superintendents', Principals', Teachers', and Citizens' Reports of the Educational Work in the County, published 1915.

I do not feel justified in using the time allotted me in mere review of what I have done or failed to do. I deem it the time of rendering thanks. These six years of varied experience have been ushered into the past and whatever I might now say could not change their reality. I also recognize that whatever has been accomplished was made so by the help of others. And, too, I am not unmindful that friends would still smile and those unfriendly still frown regardless of what might here be said. I want then to render thanks to-day to those who have helped me in this great work. In doing so, I wish to offer my sincere thanks to my predecessors in office. To my knowledge I have never been unduly criticized by them.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

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Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hitchcock: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Hoosier Stone Company Salem	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
H & L Gravel and Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Littleton Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Highland	2.4 miles	15
Smedley	2.5 miles	15
Prowsville	3.4 miles	15
McCol Place	3.5 miles	15
Martin Heights	3.7 miles	15
Rush Creek Valley	3.9 miles	15
Salem	4.3 miles	15
Fair Acres	4.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452924. 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.