Homecroft, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46227. It stands on Derbyshire Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maywood quadrangle. 752 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.
On record in Homecroft
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 1 record
Homecroft Historic Districtlisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresHomecroft grew from 722 to 752 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 | 722 | |
| 2020 | 752 | +30 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1948 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Maywood quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
9,757 words on this townshipHistory of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Perry Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Perry Township - 9,757 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Homecroft: 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis 522 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fluorite Occurrence Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Fluorite Occurrence Number 1 | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Indianapolis Haveisen 510 Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Indianapolis Haveisen 510 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kelsay & York Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kentucky Avenue Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| R.L. Schutt Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homecroft in 13 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | $5,000 | An 80 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. Trees and tree branches downed. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two hardwood branches. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted near US Highway 31 and Edgewood Avenue due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | $750 | Large branches or part of the main trunk split off of a tree near Banta Road and Highway 31 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | - | A 71 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | - | An 80 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at this location. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Homecroft | - | Ping pong sized hail was observed near Southport High School. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Homecroft | - | Rainfall runoff was reported to be flowing over the road at U. S. 31 and Stop 12. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down scattered tree limbs and apparently was the cause of a power outage at US Route 31 and Shelby Street. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homecroft | - | 10" diameter trees blown down onto houses and RVs |
| May 2014 | Hail | Homecroft | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southport | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Brooks | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Edgewood | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Perry Manor | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lindenwood | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rosedale Hills | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| University Heights | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Glenns Valley | 4.0 miles | 17 |
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 Homecroft | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2432529 | 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 436370. 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.








