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Wabash Shores, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Wabash Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47906. It lies near Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette West quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Wabash Shores within Tippecanoe County

On record in Wabash Shores

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Wabash Shores: 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns.AluminumOccurrence
Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns.AluminumPlant
Bratz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Casi PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elwood SalesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lafayette Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lafayette Portable GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macy's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Taylor StationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tippecanoe 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
Bar-Barry Heights0.5 miles18
Happy Hollow Heights0.7 miles18
Crumb Corner1.0 miles18
Ravinamy1.1 miles18
Indian Village1.3 miles18
West Lafayette1.6 miles18
Summit2.4 miles18
McQuinn Estates2.7 miles18

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 Wabash ShoresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27988876The 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 445334. 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.