BlockProwsville, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47108. It lies near Prow Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Smedley quadrangle.
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.
- 1951 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jefferson township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
A Tragic Incident
Jn the fall of 1817 Richard Davicl and Catharine Chambers had fixed upiin a certain day when they were to be married. Every preparation had been made for the occasion, guests had assembled and were waiting for the arrival of the bridegroom, when a messenger came with the sad news that Mr. David had been bitten by a rattlesnake and had died the previous night.
In the county-history sources
6,093 words on this townshipCentennial History of Washington County, Indiana : Its People, Industies and Institutions : with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 6,093 words.
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 Prowsville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Creek Valley | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Smedley | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hitchcock | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Carmel | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Campbellsburg | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Highland | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| McKinley | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Saltillo | 4.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441627. 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.