BlockTalbot, Indiana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hickory Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47944. The Survey maps it on the Boswell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Danville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Boswell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Watseka quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
12,731 words on this townshipProgress of Education in Benton County, Indiana : with an Explanation of the Indiana School System and the Duties of School Officers, Patrons and Pupils, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Hickory Grove Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Hickory Grove was erected in Talbot. C. E. Whitten taught the Talbot school in 1874-5-G. The next school was built in Ambia in 1874, and the Kirsch school was established in 1878. Clara McNeil, Anna Guest, Kale Siddens and Mary Powell tauffht the four schools in Hickory (Jrove in the winter of IS7G-7, and Mary Towell, G. B. James and Austin Bowman
Passage source: Progress of Education in Benton County, Indiana : with an Explanation of the Indiana School System and the Duties of School Officers, Patrons and Pupils, published 1906.
George James taught the Talbot school in 1880-1-2-3, and graduated seven of the thirteen common school graduates who received diplomas in IJenton county in 188o- The members of this banner class were Charles McNeil, Elmer Laughlin, Harry Barker, Arthur Cheney, Eva Siddens (Donovan), S. E. Morey and Lillie Alexander. The class gave a program of exer-
Passage source: Progress of Education in Benton County, Indiana : with an Explanation of the Indiana School System and the Duties of School Officers, Patrons and Pupils, published 1906.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Hickory Grove Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Talbot in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2012: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talbot | $75,000 | A tool shed and a grain bin were blown down. Shingles were blown off of several houses. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talbot | $10,000 | An 80 foot section of a metal roof was blown off of a hog farm. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Talbot | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Talbot | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handy | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ambia | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Dunn | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Boswell | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dunnington | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chase | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Freeland Park | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Free | 8.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 444550. 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.