BlockPortersville, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Boone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47546. It stands on Portersville Drain. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
On record in Portersville
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 1 record
Lemmon's Church and Cemeterylisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1946 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,635 words on this townshipHistory of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910 names this settlement in its chapter on Boone Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Into this region, about 1801, came the McDonald family of Scotland, who settled on a tract of land about two miles south of what is now Portersville. It may seem strange to-day, but the truth remains, Dubois county was first settled by a hardy Scotchman. At that time, the Indians were still troublesome, and the pioneers carried their lives in their hands, being in constant danger from predatory bands. The McDonald family determined to remain, however, and near their lonely cabin they erected a fort, to which they could go at the first intimation of danger. For many years this fort was a place of safety not only for the settlers in the vicinity, but for travelers between Vincennes and the settlements at the Falls of the Ohio. In local history, this fort is known as Ft. McDonald. Near it lies the Sherritt graveyard. This graveyard is on the only tract of land in Dubois county ever owned by Captain Dubois, after whom the county was named.
Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.
Many of the early settlers, especially those from the Carolinas, brought cotton seed with them, and raised cotton. A cotton gin was in operation for some time at Portersville. Cotton did not prove productive, and its cultivation was soon abandoned.
Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.
One of the early born natives of Dubois county was Elijah Lemmon, who was born near Portersville in 1815, and became an early flat-boat pilot on White river. He died July 15, 1876. Judge Niblack, of the supreme court of Indiana, was also born at Portersville. [Page no.]
Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.
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 Boone Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Portersville: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portersville in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portersville | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off two barns and destroyed a tool shed in the Portersville Road area. Trees and power lines were also downed. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portersville | $10,000 | Trained spotters reported widespread power outages in Ireland. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portersville | - | A tree was blocking the road near 5220 Portersville Road. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Portersville | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Portersville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haysville | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ireland | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Jasper | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Kellerville | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dubois Crossroads | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Thales | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dubois | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Millersport | 11.5 miles | 16 |
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 Portersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7231696 | 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 441469. 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.