BlockMiami Bend, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Miami Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46947. It stands on Minnow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Logansport quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,433 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Indiana, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Miami Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Miami Township - 1,433 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Miami Bend: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Aggregate Corp.Pl. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cass County Highway Department | Stone | Producer | ||
| Eng. Ag. Corp. Quarry #2 | Stone | Producer | ||
| Engineering Aggregates Corp. Pl. 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Logansport S & G Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wilson Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potawatomi Point | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Danes | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Anoka | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Adamsboro | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Old Adamsboro | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Logansport | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lewisburg | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dunkirk | 5.1 miles | 9 |
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 Miami Bend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6827275 | 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 439067. 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.