Sidney, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46562. The Survey maps it on the South Whitley West quadrangle. 131 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSidney grew from 83 to 131 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 | 83 | |
| 2020 | 131 | +48 (+58%) |
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 Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS South Whitley West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,069 words on this townshipBiographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Jackson Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
There are now three stores that deal in general merchandise; two grocery stores and such other business establishments that make Sidney a popular trading point. The grain and lumber interests are large, and much money is received and paid out in those departments.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887.
There is only one church in Sidney, but it is used in comn^on by the Christians, to whom the church belongs, the Methodists, German Baptists and Progressive Brethren. The church was erected in 1884. The Christian society was organized in November, 1886, the Methodist society in August, 1886, and the Brethren in September of that year.
Passage source: Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887.
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 Jackson Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Fires near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Sidney between 2002 and 2003, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 10 April 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 October 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sidney in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Sidney | $200,000 | The last farm was hit when the tornado was located just west of 1300 S and 400 E in Kosciusko County. Two barns, a garage, and several outbuildings were completely destroyed with some of the foundations swept clean. The house and two cars were severely damaged from large pieces of flying debris. A 17 foot boat was thrown about 20 yards and severely damaged. Most of the trees on this farm were destroyed. Debris from this farm was carried up to one half mile away as the tornado crossed 400 E and then lifted back into the clouds. |
| April 2006 | Lightning | Sidney | $100,000 | Lightning struck the transmission tower of WLZQ-FM, damaging the main transmitter beyond repair. Service was fully restored in early May. Damage estimates to replace the transmitter are around $100,000. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | $20,000 | Large tree down onto a house. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sidney | - | Emergency management officials reported multiple trees down in the area. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sidney | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsey | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Packerton | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pierceton | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wooster | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Claypool | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Silver Lake | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Winona Lake | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Warsaw | 10.8 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 Sidney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2470420 | 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 443479. 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.




