BlockPleasantville, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Owen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47260. It stands on Clear Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Medora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Medora quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Owen township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Murder Of Marian Cuttor
The writer extracts the following account of the murder of Mrs. Marian Cuttor, and the lynching of the murderers, from the Brownstown Banner: "In the deep stillness of the night of De¬ cember 29, 1863, two men by the name of John Tally and John Brooks, entered the house of a lone widow, living about one-half mile from the village of Clear Springs, by the name of Marian Cuttor, murdered and robbed her.
In the county-history sources
4,759 words on this townshipHistory of Jackson County, Indiana, published 1886 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Owen Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Owen Township - 4,759 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pleasantville between 2004 and 2014, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LUMPFORD |
| 22 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CLEAR SPRING |
| 10 October 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BACK CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Pleasantville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medora Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Medora Plant | Fire Clay (Refractory) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weddleville | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Medora | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Clear Spring | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Vallonia | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sparksville | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kurtz | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Norman | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Petersburg (historical) | 7.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452188. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.