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Maysville Crossing, Indiana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Davis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47918. It lies near Opossum Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle.

Maysville Crossing within Fountain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

In the county-history sources

10,200 words on this township

History of Fountain County : Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley, Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Davis Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Davis Township - 10,200 words.

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 Maysville Crossing: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Kane's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rostone PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fountain 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
Riverside1.1 miles9
Vine2.6 miles9
Roberts2.6 miles8
Attica6.0 miles9
Rob Roy8.3 miles9
Newtown8.7 miles9
Aylesworth10.2 miles9
Mellott11.4 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122588830The 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 438769. 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.