BlockNash, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46122. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle.
On record in Nash
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Danville Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 0.9 miles away
Wilson-Courtney Houselisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away
Hendricks County Jail and Sheriff's Residencelisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Clayton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Center township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
History Of Hendriok8 County
1 1 He was found dead in bis stable and was supposed to have been i murdered by his servant for his money. He was a man of note and ] influence. The Hadleys have been noted for their thrift, both in this and the old country. The most of them have been farmers i and all have owned the land they worked. Until the last genera- ; tion or two all have been Friends, and none were military men 1 until the late civil war, when several bore arms in defense of the !
In the county-history sources
36,715 words on this townshipHistory of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885; History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Center Township covers desceiption, early settlement, towxship officials, fiest election, political, population, piiopertr and taxation.
Read the chapter on Center Township - 36,715 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nash: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendricks Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hadley | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gale | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Summit | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Clayton | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| North Belleville | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Magnetic Springs | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pecksburg | 4.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446676. 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.