BlockNewton, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46962. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Manchester South quadrangle. It stands 761 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS North Manchester South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,000 words on this townshipHistory of Wabash County Indiana, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pleasant Township covers beattiful lakes and rivers, toi'ograi'iiy and soie, pleasant township ok today, jesse mover, first settler, tyi'ical pioneer trii*, ^iembers op the first colony.
Read the chapter on Pleasant Township - 7,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ijamsville | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Laketon | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bolivar | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| North Manchester | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Servia | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Urbana | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty Mills | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Roann | 6.7 miles | 11 |
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 Q27988813 | 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 440149. 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.