BlockMount Lawn, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greensboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47362. It stands on Hatch Brook. The Survey maps it on the New Castle West quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1949 USGS New Castle West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Castle West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,249 words on this townshipHistory of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884; Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906, published 1906 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Greensboro Township covers hame, organized .in 1831, original extent, first land entries, pioneer settlers, an early mill.
Read the chapter on Greensboro Township - 3,249 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mount Lawn: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Goodier Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| James L. Craig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Castle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Greensboro | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cadiz | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Kennard | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Woodville | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Stone Quarry Mills | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| New Castle | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Spiceland | 5.2 miles | 10 |
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 Q6921782 | 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 452069. 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.