BlockPumpkin Center, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Gibson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47170. It lies near Herron Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Little York quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Little York quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Gibson township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Reminiscences Of Rachel Crocket
"When I can first recollect, deer could be seen ranging in the bottoms in droves. Wolves were thick all through the knobs. We had to keep our cow and calf in the house to keep the wolves from killing them till a log barn was built. Pig(.-ons came o\er like clouds in tlie fall of the year, and we killed all we wanted for meat with clubs.
In the county-history sources
5,425 words on this townshipFirst Educational Report, Washington County, Indiana : Containing Photographic Illustrations, Superintendents', Principals', Teachers', and Citizens' Reports of the Educational Work in the County, published 1915; Centennial 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 Gibson Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Gibson Township - 5,425 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 Pumpkin Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem East Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pumpkin Center in 1 storm report in 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Hail | Pumpkin Center | - | Half dollar sized hail fell near the Pumpkin Center. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gooseport | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Little York | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Georgetown | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| New Philadelphia | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Salem | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Canton | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Plattsburg | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kossuth | 8.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 441643. 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.