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Midway, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Laurel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47024. It lies near Halls Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Metamora quadrangle. It stands 974 feet above sea level.

Midway within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

1,990 words on this township

History of Franklin County, Indiana : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Laurel Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Laurel Township - 1,990 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Midway in 2004, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 October 2004Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Derbyshire QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Booher Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Denny Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Franklin County QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Henson Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Holzhause Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Laurel Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ogle Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Rabbit Hollow QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Turner Stone QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Lake View2.4 miles10
Laurel3.3 miles10
Buena Vista3.3 miles10
Mount Auburn3.5 miles10
Metamora4.2 miles10
Andersonville4.6 miles10
Peppertown4.8 miles10
Millville5.0 miles10

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 Q14688625The 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 439123. 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.