Smockville, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Raccoon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47837. It stands on Carbon Stream. The Survey maps it on the Catlin quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Smockville within Parke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1952 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Smockville: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Coal, Clay. 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
Indiana Clay Sales Pit	Coal, Clay	Past Producer
S. L. Turner Coal & Clay Pit	Clay, Coal	Producer
C & F Shale Pit 2	Clay	Producer
E and E Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
S.L. Turner Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Parke 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
Superior	1.2 miles	14
Lena	2.0 miles	14
Diamond	2.0 miles	14
Bridgeton	2.7 miles	14
Snow Hill	2.8 miles	14
Walton (historical)	3.0 miles	14
Mansfield	3.8 miles	16
Piattsville	5.4 miles	14

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 Smockville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7545749	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 443711. 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.