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Little Rock, Indiana

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Decker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47591. The Survey maps it on the East Mount Carmel quadrangle.

Little Rock within Knox County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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.

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 Little Rock: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Allendale Gravel Co. Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
K-M-K Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Knox 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Orrville2.6 miles24
Bloods Wood Crossing4.0 miles18
Twin Bridges4.8 miles18
Bandmill5.0 miles18
Beal6.2 miles18
Sisson6.7 miles18
Decker Chapel7.5 miles24
Decker8.4 miles18

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 Little RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657961The 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 438132. 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.