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Saint Thomas, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47591. The Survey maps it on the Decker quadrangle.

Saint Thomas within Knox County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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.

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 Saint Thomas: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Schlomer Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St. Thomas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
White River Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
White Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Knox 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Purcell2.4 miles18
Vollmer3.5 miles18
Beal3.7 miles18
Sisson3.8 miles18
Bandmill3.9 miles18
Twin Bridges4.3 miles18
Cantaloupe4.4 miles18
Bloods Wood Crossing4.9 miles18

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 Saint ThomasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19619276The 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 446740. 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.