BlockMidway, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47872. It stands on Rocky Run. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle. It stands 538 feet above sea level.
On record in Midway
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Phillips Bridgelisted 1978 · 0.3 miles away
Sim Smith Bridgelisted 1978 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Midway: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Clay Pit | Stone, Clay | Producer | ||
| Montezuma Shale Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Montezuma Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parke Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parke County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| W.C. Hargis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabia | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Klondyke | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Melcher (historical) | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Coloma | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Melcher | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Armiesburg | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Leatherwood | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Montezuma | 3.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q6843218 | 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 439124. 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.