BlockRidgeway, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ervin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46901. The Survey maps it on the Russiaville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Russiaville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Ervin township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Murder Trials
The first murder trial on record in the county was the killing of Mr. Hornbeck by Henry Moon, in about 1852. The men were cousins, and became involved in a dispute regarding a few cattle. It seems that Hornbeck went into a field to thrash Moon, but the latter stabbed the former with a pocket-knife, inflicting a mortal wound.
In the county-history sources
21,199 words on this townshipCounties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.., published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Ervin Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The township was named Ervin in honor of Robert Ervin, an earlv settler, and one of the first Associate Justices of the early county of Richardville, now Howard. He settledon the old John Young farm, now owned by Tom Ridgeway.
Passage source: Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.., published 1883.
The other two post offices are " Ervin " and " Ridgeway." Dr. I. W. Martin is Postmaster at Ervin, and has been since its establishment in 1862. He is also one of the pioneer physicians and old settlers. When the sickly seasons would begin, in the " auld lang syne," then the jolly Doctor would reap a harvest. He delighted in giving a fellow quinine, and then laughing at him for swearing it was bitter. Daniel Booerholser is the Postmaster at Ridgeway. At Ervin and Ridgeway, there are country stores kept by the Postmasters.
Passage source: Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.., published 1883.
The early settlers of the township, aside from those already named, were Alexander Forgy, James McCool, James Burnett, Daniel Smith and Alif Henly. These came in the years 1842 and 1843. After this, people commenced coming in very rapidly, and among them were Bluford Hawkins, Abraham Brubaker, John Flora, Jacob Early, Sr., John B. Early, James Forgy, Daniel Lambert, Charles Standiford, Joel Brower, Levi Beckner, Jackson McDowell, James Ridgeway, Sr., Ephraim Woods, J. L. D. Hanna, Capt, John Harrison, Amos Bates, Samuel Bortsfield, Francis M. Power, Jacob Lawrence, Ralph French (afterward for many years Township Trustee), John Rider, Henry H. Gillam, William Malaby, Burrell Bell, Silas Baldwin, Benjamin Tucker and Abram Flora. Of the above, only a few are still living, the others having gone to the better world.
Passage source: Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.., published 1883.
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 Ervin Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judson | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Kappa Corner | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| New London | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Shanghai | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Russiaville | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Poplar Grove | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| West Middleton | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Shambaugh Siding | 7.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 442001. 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.