BlockLinkville, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46563. The Survey maps it on the La Paz quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS La Paz quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS La Paz quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
12,504 words on this townshipMcDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on North Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on North Township - 12,504 words.
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linkville in 2 storm reports in 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linkville | - | A tree was blown down across a road.. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linkville | - | Trees down. Road closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| La Paz Junction | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| La Paz | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Lake of the Woods | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Plymouth | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Teegarden | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Tyner | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bremen | 7.7 miles | 13 |
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 Linkville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18354217 | 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 437961. 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.
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.