BlockSpringhill, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47240. The Survey maps it on the Milroy quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Milroy quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
1,257 words on this townshipHistory of Decatur County, Indiana : Its People, Industries and Institutions, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Clinton Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Clinton Township - 1,257 words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Sandusky | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Clarksburg | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kingston | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Maurice | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Downeyville | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mechanicsburg | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Greensburg | 7.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 448503. 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.