BlockStone Quarry Mills, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spiceland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47385. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunreith quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1950 USGS Dunreith quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Dunreith quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
20,592 words on this townshipHistory of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884; Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906, published 1906 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Spiceland Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Spiceland Township - 20,592 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stone Quarry Mills: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Goodier Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| James L. Craig Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Omar V. Davis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Spiceland | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ogden | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Grant City | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Knox | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dunreith | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Raysville | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Knightstown | 4.2 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 Stone Quarry Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7619014 | 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 444211. 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.