BlockSouth Elwood, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pipe Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46036. It stands on Big Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elwood quadrangle.
On record in South Elwood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Elwood Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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 Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Elwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
1,200 words on this townshipHistory of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Pipe Creek Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Pipe Creek Township - 1,200 words.
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Elwood in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | South Elwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwood | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| College Corner | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Frankton | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Dundee | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Orestes | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Leisure | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Perkinsville | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Gimco City | 8.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q122542937 | 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 443800. 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.
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.