BlockPortland Mills, Indiana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46135. It stands on Byrd Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bellmore 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.
- 1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Bellmore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,268 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Clinton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
In Clinton Township there are three postoffice towns: Portland Mills, Morton and Clinton Falls. The first named is an old town, and is so situated that a part of it is in Clinton and a part in Russell Township, Putnam County, and a part in each of two townships in Parke County.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Record of Putnam County, Indiana .., published 1887.
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 Portland Mills: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville Stone Co. With Mill | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Clinton Falls | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Van Bibber Lake | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Blakesburg | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Russellville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fincastle | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Vivalia | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Raccoon | 8.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441473. 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.