BlockReno, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46121. The Survey maps it on the Coatesville quadrangle. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1958 USGS Coatesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Coatesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
6,757 words on this townshipHistory of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Clay Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Two miles west of Pecksburg, on sections 2, 3, 34 and 35, is Amo, the voting place of the township, and a prosperous place of 200 inhabitants. It was laid out in 1850 by Joseph Morris, and called Morristown, which name was dropped for that of Amd by some of its classical-minded citizens. The first house was built by William Tomlinson, who lives yet in the village. The business firms of. to-day are: E. B. Owen, general store; Cook & Masten, grocery and meat market; Thomas Mendenhall, grocery; Roberts & Marshall, saw-mill; Pearson & Snodgrass, livery; G.W. McCloud, livery; I. H. George, drugstore and postoffice; A. J. Croeswaite, blacksmith and wagon shop; W. W. Ralston, station agent.
Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885.
William Rammel , merchant and Postmaster, Reno, Ind., is a son of Simon Rammel and grandson of Rev. Henry Rammel, one of the earliest settlers of Danville. He was born in Danville, in 1852, and has been a life-long resident of Hendricks County. In August, 1881, he located in Reno, and bought the stock of general merchandise of William Davis, and at the same time was appointed Postmaster. His is the only store of any importance in the place, and he has a good trade, his annual sales amounting to $5,000. He was married to Jennie, daughter of David Haworth. They have two children - Otis and Clara.
Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, published 1885.
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 Clay Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Fires near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Reno in 2010, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 October 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BLANTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reno in 2 storm reports in 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | $10,000 | A barn was blown 80 yards by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Reno | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatesville | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Amo | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Springtown | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| New Winchester | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hadley | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pecksburg | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Stilesville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Summit | 7.2 miles | 12 |
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 Reno | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7313362 | 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 441898. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.