BlockPrince William, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Democrat Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46920. The Survey maps it on the Rossville quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rossville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
328 words on this townshipHistory of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916 names this settlement in its chapter on Democrat Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The oldest mill was the Adam's mill, located on Wild Cat creek, east of Cutler, in 1831. Mr. Adams erected a flouring-mill in 1835. Samuel Weaver operated a carding-mill, also manufactured linseed oil, and later operated a woolen-mill at Prince William. A tannery was operated by a Mr. Campbell from 1835 to 1840. Lexington was laid out on land of Eli Patty in 1835, and was a good trading point. Prince William was noted in early times as a popular place for the holding of political meetings. Considerable business was transacted at this place during the palmy days of the "Plank Road" existence. Wild Cat creek is the principal stream in the township, having several branches in the southeastern part of the town¬ ship.
Passage source: History of Carroll County Indiana, published 1916.
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 Democrat Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
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 Prince William: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Skiles Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Prince William | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7244280 | 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 441601. 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.