BlockMeadows Knoll, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Noblesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46060. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Riverwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Riverwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Riverwood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Noblesville township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A Dread Visitation
In 1850 Noblesville met with quite a misfortune which retarded its pros¬ perity for some years. The town was visited by an epidemic of cholera, and many succumbed to the dread disease. Mr. Shirts ably gives us this account of the epidemic. "In the year 1850, L. N. Emmons, on his way from Wash¬ ington city to his home in Noblesville was attacked by the cholera.
In the county-history sources
10,670 words on this townshipHistory of Hamilton County Indiana, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Noblesville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Noblesville Township - 10,670 words.
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 Meadows Knoll: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Creek Stone Company Ops | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Beaver Gravel Corp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riverwood Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Southard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| U.S. Aggregates Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadows Glen | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Riverwood | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Noblesville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Monterey Village | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| West Noblesville | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Federal Hill | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Clare | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Durbin | 3.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122565596 | 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 2760567. 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.