BlockOak Grove, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46534. The Survey maps it on the Donaldson quadrangle. It stands 738 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Donaldson quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Donaldson quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Knox quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Washington township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
In The World War 37
Already our boys were leaving for the camps to begin rigid training for the battling line. Service flags with their plue stars on white backgrounds, each star representing one boy in service, surrounded with a border of red hung in nearly every window. 'The stars soon began to change from blue to silver designating that one boy was wounded, and then, alas, the gold stars appeared for those who "went west.' Starke County's heart followed the boys as they entrained for camp.
In the county-history sources
7,082 words on this townshipThe World War History of Starke County, Indiana, published 1928 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 7,082 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Weaver Marl Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Bradley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Burr Oak Sand & Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Starke County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ober | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Winona | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Grovertown | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Knox | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hartz Lake | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bass Lake | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ora | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Koontz Lake | 9.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Oak Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27989009 | 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 440400. 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.