Lizton, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46149. The Survey maps it on the Lizton quadrangle. 511 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 955 feet above sea level.

Lizton within Hendricks County

Population over time

2 figures

Lizton grew from 488 to 511 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	488
2020	511	+23 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Lizton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Lizton quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

In the county-history sources

15,349 words on this township

History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Union Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The, first settlement in the township was made on the farm which Mr. Yeiley lias since owned, by John Matlock and John Fowler, about the year 1S2S. Isaac Yeiley entered the land where Lizton stands, in 1S2S, but did not move to the settlement until 1831. Among those wlio settled in the township before 183.5 are Archibald Alexander, James and William Leak and their sons, AYilliam Montgomery, John Pritchett, Claiborne Davis and the Plnmmers. Owing to the poor natural drainage, the bad condition of the roads, and the very many inconveniences of this locality, the settlement grew very slowly until 1S40, at which date the cabins were very scattering, and the clearings very small. Since that tinae the development ot the country and the increase of population has been rapid.

Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

The settlers often canglit them in traps. "When desirable to capture them alive, this was always necessary, and was accomplished by making a log pen so high that they could not jump over, and arranging a trap door, to which a string was fastened. Corn was then scattered in trails in different directions through the woods to entice the swine into the pen, when a man secreted high in a tree top would spring the trap and the swine were caught.

As soon as enough persons could be got together to make a hearing, Gilbert Harney and .Jol)n Harris, of the Christian church, began preaching in the settlement; and in 1837 Gilbert Harney organized, at the house of Archibald Alexander, a church, with Mr. Alexander, Joseph F. Lewis, Samuel C. Carrington and their wives, and a few others, as members. The present church was built about 1ST5. Rev. U. C. Brewer, of Danville, conducts services here the fourth Sunday of each month. The Methodist Episcopal society date from 1533, when a class was formed at the house of William Montgomery, who was leader. Among the members were Mr. Plumraer, Sally Bargan, Claiborne Davis and John Pritchett. Tlie church is a half a mile south of Lizton. Services are held e\ery two weeks by Rev. Mr. Smith, of Jamestown.

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 Union Township - it names this place 4 more 4 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lizton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	O.J. Pearcy Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Skaggs Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hendricks County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lizton in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	$80,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed multiple trees and branches. A long section of chain link fence was torn off its support pole at Tri West Middle School. School also had damage to athletic facilities and a shed. Some shingles were also torn off a home across the street and a nearby family pole barn was destroyed with significant roof damage.
April 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Lizton	$70,000	This third tornado, also reported by the Sheriff Department, began at 6:37 P.M. EDT about two miles southwest of Lizton, or about 8 miles northwest of Brownsburg. This tornado passed southeast of Lizton and lifted about one mile west of Pittsboro around 6:50 P.M. EDT. Several garages and barns were destroyed, several homes suffered lighter damage. Trees and power lines were also reported down. This tornado was rated an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds estimated around 90 mph.\|
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	$10,000	A roof and a farm building sustained damage due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Trees also were reported down from the winds.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	$5,000	Trees were reported down onto a street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A corn field also sustained some damage. Time of this event was estimated based on radar.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	$1,000	Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	$500	Metal debris was reported on the road due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	$500	Trees blown down.
April 2017	Hail	Lizton	-	This report originated from the county emergency manager.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	-	no account filed
October 2007	Hail	Lizton	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Lizton	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Lizton	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	-	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lizton	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Lizton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hendricks 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Raintown	1.9 miles	13
Montclair	2.9 miles	12
Maplewood	4.1 miles	12
Pittsboro	4.3 miles	15
North Salem	5.6 miles	13
Tilden	7.1 miles	15
Brownsburg	8.3 miles	15
Danville	8.7 miles	12

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 Lizton	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q523493	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 438191. 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.