BlockKing, Indiana
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Patoka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47670. The Survey maps it on the Princeton quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1901 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Patoka quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,017 words on this townshipHistory of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884; History of Gibson County, Indiana : Her People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the 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 Patoka Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Patoka Township - 7,017 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of King: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson County Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names King in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | King | $15,000 | A semi-trailer was blown over in the Toyota parking lot south of Princeton. |
| March 2025 | Hail | King | - | Penny size hail occurred at the Toyota Manufacturing Plant north of Fort Branch. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | King | - | Part of U.S. Highway 41 just south of the Toyota plant was under water. Several ditches were out of their banks. |
| February 2021 | Flood | King | - | County Road 350 South was flooded between County Road 550 East and U.S. Highway 41. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | King | - | The northbound lane of U.S. Highway 41 in Fort Branch was completely underwater. A rainfall total of 4.67 inches was measured within 2.5 hours in Fort Branch. Between Fort Branch and Haubstadt, County Road 25 was closed. Water was over many other roads across southern Gibson 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Heights | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Durham | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Princeton | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Fort Branch | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| McGary | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Fort Gibson (historical) | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Douglas | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Owensville | 6.3 miles | 23 |
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 King | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6411151 | 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 437317. 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.