Walton, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Raccoon Township. It stands on Strange Branch. The Survey maps it on the Catlin quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walton within Parke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1952 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Catlin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

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 Walton (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Coal, Clay, 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
	H & H Pit and Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Indiana Clay Sales Pit	Coal, Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Parke 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Snow Hill	1.4 miles	14
Bridgeton	2.2 miles	14
Mansfield	2.6 miles	16
Superior	2.7 miles	14
Piattsville	2.8 miles	14
Smockville	3.0 miles	14
Minshall	3.8 miles	14
Diamond	4.0 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 452209. 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.