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Mound Haven, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brookville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47012. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitcomb quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Mound Haven within Franklin County

On record in Mound Haven

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Brookville township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Franklin County, Indiana : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 - Brookville Township

Great Flood Of March 25, I913

The flood of March 25, 1913, was the greatest in volume of water, destruction of property and loss of life, of any that has ever visited this part of the White Water valley. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property was destroyed and fifteen lives lost. Six hundred people in Brookville were rendered homeless and scores of dwellings swept away and torn to pieces.

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In the county-history sources

16,177 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 Brookville Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Brookville Township - 16,177 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 Mound Haven: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Franklin County Highway Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrison Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Oak Tree Crossroads1.5 miles9
Klemmes Corner2.5 miles9
Stavetown2.5 miles10
Cedar Grove2.8 miles13
Brookville3.3 miles10
Palestine3.5 miles13
South Gate4.5 miles13
Highland Center4.5 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.

Wikipedia article on Mound HavenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14688649The 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 439513. 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.