BlockSmedley, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47108. The Survey maps it on the Smedley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1951 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Smedley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,907 words on this townshipCentennial History of Washington County, Indiana : Its People, Industies and Institutions : with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1916 names this settlement in its chapter on Vernon Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Smedley is the only railroad station in Vernon township. It was made a postoiTice when the railroad was completed in 1849. Morgan Smedley was first postmaster and merchant of the place and continued in business for a good many years. A general store is now operated at the station by Frank Brewer.
Passage source: Centennial History of Washington County, Indiana : Its People, Industies and Institutions : with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, published 1916.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smedley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Owsley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchcock | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Campbellsburg | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Prowsville | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Claysville | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Saltillo | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Highland | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rush Creek Valley | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| McCol Place | 5.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 443654. 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.