BlockIndependence, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47918. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle. 79 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 551 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Attica quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Danville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
2,976 words on this townshipCounties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Warren Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
JOHN P. 6I_'XKLE, dealer in walnut lumber. Independence, was born in Butler County, Ohio, December 26, 1844. After 1853, he resided in Warren County, Ind.. and, in 1861, enlisted in the Fortieth Indiana Volunteers; he was taken prisoner in 1864, and confined at barbarous Andersonville for three months, thence removi-d to Charleston and Florence, S. C, whence he w-as paroled in the beginning of 1865. Thereafter he located at Battle Ground, White Co., Ind., and attended school two years. He then began the grocery business at Pine Village, and while living there "married Mary Wade, on the 17th of October, 1873. About 1876, he sold his store and moved to Kansas, where he remained two years, wdien he returned to Indiana and located in Independence. Mrs. Guiikle died in 1877, leaving one child, and December 22, 1881, he married Nancy R. Puckett, of this county. In 1822, he was elected by the Republicans Justice of the Peace. He is a member of Lone Star Lodge. No. 549, I. 0,0. F., and of Shawnee Encampment, No. 25 ; he is also a fellow of Post 47, G. A. R.
Passage source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana : Historical and Biographical, published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Warren Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Independence: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rostone Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Independence in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Independence | $10,000 | Multiple large trees were uprooted or snapped due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Independence | $5,000 | Trees were reported down in the town of Independence due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Independence | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Independence | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Independence | - | County Road 625 and 650 East were closed by high water. |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Independence | - | Streets flooded |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Independence | - | Trees down |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banning Corner | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Winthrop | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Black Rock | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Glen Cliff | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chatterton | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Green Hill | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kramer | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mudlavia Springs | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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 Independence | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3150008 | 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 436723. 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.