BlockPleasant Acres, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Buck Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46055. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland quadrangle. It stands 856 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cumberland quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
8,036 words on this townshipHistory of Hancock County, Indiana; Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Buck Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Buck Creek Township - 8,036 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Comfort | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| McCordsville | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Woodbury | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mohawk | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sugar Hills | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Denny Corner | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gem | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Philadelphia | 6.4 miles | 12 |
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 Pleasant Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7203766 | 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 441234. 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.