BlockOnward, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tipton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46967. The Survey maps it on the Onward quadrangle. 76 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOnward fell from 100 to 76 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 100 | |
| 2020 | 76 | -24 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1951 USGS Onward quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Onward quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,758 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Indiana, published 1878 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Tipton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Tipton Township - 1,758 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 Onward: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Stone & Gravel Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Onward in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Onward | $100,000 | A NWS survey confirmed a tornado touched down a few hundred feet west of county road 950 E between 500 and 600 S, just southwest of Onward. Extensive damage occurred to a barn as well as numerous trees in the area. The door of the barn was open which likely aided in the destruction of the barn. Damage in the area was consistent with a tornado of F2 intensity. The tornado continued on into Miami county where additional damage was found. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onward | $20,000 | Emergency management officials reported numerous trees down up to two feet in diameter as well as power poles and lines down in the county. Much of the damage was confined to two areas. One of these extended from Onward to Logansport and another near Royal Center. A portion of US Highway 35 was closed due to trees down across the road. Damage is estimated at $20,000. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onward | $10,000 | Trees were blown down in many parts of the county. One tree fell onto a mobile home, causing minor damage.Damage is estimated at $2,000. A teen-age girl was injured while working at a restaraunt in Galveston. It is believed that an object being thrown by the strong winds broke the window where she was standing. She received some cuts. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onward | $2,000 | Emergency management reported trees down and minor roof damage to houses in Onward. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onward | - | Emergency management officials reported trees down, roughly six to twelve inches in diameter, in Onward. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Onward | - | Emergency management reported roads closed around Onward due to flash flooding. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Onward | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Onward | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walton | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lewisburg | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| New Waverly | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Anoka | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lincoln | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Danes | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Miami Bend | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Potawatomi Point | 7.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Onward | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2378512 | 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 440664. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.