BlockLongwood Crossing, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Connersville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47331. The Survey maps it on the Connersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Connersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Connersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
5,332 words on this townshipHistory of Fayette County, Indiana: Containing a History of the Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies, Etc., Etc. .., published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Connersville Township covers organization anu boundaries, land sales, early settlement and incidents, early schools, early mills, distilleries, etc, churches and graveyards, east connersville.
Read the chapter on Connersville Township - 5,332 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 Longwood Crossing: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Co. Hwy. Dept. - Own Crews | Stone | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tyner Crossing | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Harrisburg | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Connersville | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Huber | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Columbia | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Orange | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Nulltown | 6.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 438294. 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.