Rome City, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Orange Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46784. It lies near Gem Island. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. 1,322 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.

Rome City within Noble County

On record in Rome City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Gene Stratton Porter Cabinlisted 1974
Kneipp Springs Historic Districtlisted 2018

Population over time

2 figures

Rome City fell from 1,361 to 1,322 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	1,361
2020	1,322	-39 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rome City: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Elmer's Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Suever Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Varner Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Wolcottville Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Noble County

Storms near this place

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rome City in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	$13,000	Several large trees uprooted. Moderate shingle damage.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	$5,000	Utility pole down on house.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	$5,000	Large trees down. Large shed destroyed.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	$2,000	Trees down reported by Noble County sheriff's office.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	$1,000	Several healthy 1 foot diameter tree limbs were downed.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	EM reports power lines down.
November 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Emergency management officials reported two large trees were blown down onto power lines on Spring Beach Road.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	The public reported a tree was blown down onto State Route 9, partially blocking the road.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Emergency management officials reported 16 homes with roof damage, mostly minor.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Trees and power lines were reported down across the county, with Rome City being hit the hardest.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Local officials reported a large tree was blown down in the 9000 block of North Steinbarger Road.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Emergency management officials reported a large tree branch was blown down across County Road 125 West at the west end of Waldron Lake.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	A local newspaper reported that six mature trees were blown down at a residence about 4 miles east of Rome City. One tree fell onto a driveway, barely missing a parked car.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	County officials reported a tree down onto a power line in Rome City.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	The Rome City Fire Department reported trees down in town.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Rome City.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Law enforcement reported power lines down in Rome City.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	Trees and power lines down.
April 2001	Hail	Rome City	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Rome City	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Rome City	-	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome City	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Noble County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wolcottville	2.1 miles	14
Brimfield	3.1 miles	11
Cosperville	5.3 miles	11
Cree Lake	5.7 miles	14
Wawaka	6.2 miles	11
Wakeville Village	6.7 miles	11
Wayne Center	6.7 miles	11
Kendallville	7.0 miles	11

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 Rome City	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2455464	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 442268. 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.