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Trinity, Indiana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47326. The Survey maps it on the New Corydon quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

Trinity within Jay County

On record in Trinity

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

339 words on this township

History of Jay County, Indiana, published 1864 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Wabash Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wabash Township - 339 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Trinity: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Habig Trucking and ExcavatingSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Karch Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jay County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Jay City1.7 miles13
New Corydon1.9 miles13
Westchester3.9 miles15
Noble5.2 miles14
Bryant6.1 miles12
Bloomfield7.0 miles12
Antiville7.6 miles15
Bellfountain7.6 miles14

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 Q14688831The 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 444890. 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.