BlockUrmeyville, Indiana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Needham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46131. It stands on Little Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boggstown quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Boggstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Boggstown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,636 words on this townshipA Historical Sketch of Johnson County, Indiana, published 1881; History of Johnson County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Needham Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Needham Township - 3,636 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needham | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Franklin | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Whiteland | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Reds Corner | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| West Whiteland | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rocklane | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| New Whiteland | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Amity | 6.7 miles | 23 |
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 Urmeyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7900733 | 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 445178. 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.