BlockManhattan, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46171. It stands on Deweese Branch. The Survey maps it on the Reelsville quadrangle. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1952 USGS Reelsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Reelsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Guarding Against Indians
The fashion of carrying tire-arms was made necessary by the presence of roving bauds of Indians, most of whom were ostensibly friendly, but like Indians in all times, treacherous and unreliable. An Indian war was at any time probable, and all the old settlers still retain vivid recollections of Indian massacres, murders, plunder, and frightful rumors of intended raids.
In the county-history sources
13,785 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Washington Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The riot house in the township, that of James Athey, erected in the winter of 1818- '19, stood very near the. site of Robert Huffman's residence. The first mill in the township Mas that of Luther Webster. It stood on Deer Creek, about one-fourth of a mile south -of Manhattan. Lloyd B, Harris kept the first hotel in the township, at Manhattan. Thomas II. Clark was the first postmaster. The first shoemaker was Thomas Lewis. The honor of carrying on the first blacksmithshop belongs to John ITooton. Esquires Bu&ick and Athey were among the first justices of the peace in the township. It is worthy of note that Thomas McCullongh was the tallest man that ever lived in the township. He was almost seven feet high, symmetrically proportioned, and of a great physical power.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.
The first church organized in the township was the Predestinarian Baptist, commonly called "Hard-Shell Baptist," It was organized at Manhattan, in the year 1828, by Rev. Isaac Denman, who continued to preach for the congregation for a period of two decades. A house of worship was built at an early day, which continued to be occupied by the original owners until theyearl802,whenitwas sold to the Missionary Baptists. They in turn sold it, in the year 1875, to the Methodists, who formed a congregation there- about that time. The Methodists erected a new house
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.
Manhattan is the oldest village in the township, having been laid out in the year 1829, on the National Road, by John M. Coleman and Thomas II. Clark. The first merchant there was Wilson Devore. Dr. Lenox X. Knight was the first practicing physician. Mrs. Judge Clark taught the first school. The first justice of the peace at that place was Lloyd Harris.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.
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 Washington Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Manhattan in 2017, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | MAUMEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Manhattan: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A and C Products Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Indiana State Farm Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Manhattan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rock Hill Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Sphalerite Occurrence Z78 | Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manhattan in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manhattan | $2,000 | Tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts along County Road 1000 South. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manhattan | $1,500 | Tree limbs were snapped along County Road 1200 South due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Manhattan | $500 | A foot or more of water was reported across many Putnam County roads due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. The location of this event is estimated. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manhattan | - | A tree felled by thunderstorm winds was struck by a vehicle later in the evening of 9 March 2006. The driver was injured (indirect). |
| March 2024 | Hail | Manhattan | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Gardens | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Reelsville | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jenkinsville | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Putnamville | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cagle Mill | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Westland | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Limedale | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Raab Crossroads | 5.8 miles | 15 |
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 Manhattan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18352169 | 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 438515. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.