BlockMount Sinai, Indiana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hogan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47001. It lies near Short Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Aurora quadrangle. It stands 873 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1915 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
2,073 words on this townshipHistory of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Hogan Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Hogan Township - 2,073 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterville | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sparta | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wilmington | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Cold Springs | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kyle | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dillsboro Station | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kirschs Corner | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Wrights Corner | 4.4 miles | 17 |
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 Mount Sinai | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6923659 | 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 439695. 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.