BlockPanama, Indiana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Millgrove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46703. The Survey maps it on the Angola West quadrangle.
On record in Panama
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Lime Lake - Lake Gage Channel and Bridgelisted 2019 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Angola West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
9,104 words on this townshipHistory of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Millgrove Township covers geographical and descriptive, lakes, first settlement, orland, john stocker and companions, arrivals in 1835 and 1836.
Read the chapter on Millgrove Township - 9,104 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Panama: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garman Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rice Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Nevada Mills | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lake James | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Orland | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Flint | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Crooked Lake | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Potawatomi Inn | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Glen Eden | 4.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 440852. 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.