BlockPatton, Indiana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47960. The Survey maps it on the Yeoman quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Yeoman quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Logansport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
166 words on this townshipHistory of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916 names this settlement in its chapter on Jefferson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The gospel was preached in this township, as in other townships, in the early days. In 1855 the Methodist Episcopal and the United Brethren denominations erected churches. The first saw-mill was built on the Tippe¬ canoe river in 1834, bv Anthony Sheets, and he afterwards added buhrs to grind wheat and corn. This mill was located at what is now known as "Oak Dale/* The villages of Yeoman and Patton are situate in this town¬ ship, on the Monon railroad.
Passage source: History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
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 Patton: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeport Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patton in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Patton | $15,000 | Highway department reported trees and power lines down from just north of Patton to Burrows. Also, law enforcement roof and barn damage near Delphi. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Bay | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lower Sunset Park | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| C and C Beach | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Walnut Gardens | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Scarlet Oaks | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Breezy Point | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Upper Sunset Park | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Roth Park | 1.6 miles | 8 |
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 Patton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7148616 | 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 440936. 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.