BlockSouth Boston, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47167. It stands on Lockwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the South Boston quadrangle. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS South Boston quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Boston: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem East Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Boston in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | South Boston | - | Cars were floating in flood waters and water rescues were needed along State Road 160 near South Boston. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Boston | - | A NWS storm survey found evidence of 80 to 85 MPH straight line winds along Canton South Boston Road, east of Salem. There were multiple softwood trees uprooted and a collapsed barn roof. |
| April 2013 | Hail | South Boston | - | Local media reported 1 inch hail 6 miles east of Salem. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harristown | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Farabee | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| New Philadelphia | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Canton | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Blue River | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bunker Hill | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Georgetown | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| New Salem | 4.8 miles | 9 |
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 South Boston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7566346 | 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 443780. 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.