BlockPioneer, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46992. It stands on Ridgeway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peoria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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
- 1953 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Wabash quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
42,492 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Noble Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Noble Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higley Curve Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mill Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Corner | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Richvalley | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| South Haven | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Valley Brook | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnymede | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wabash | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Somerset | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Vernon | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441179. 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.