Washington Center, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46732. It stands on Piper Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ormas quadrangle.

Washington Center within Noble County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1951 USGS Ormas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Ormas quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:100000

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Washington Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	County Line Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Noble 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
Wilmot	2.6 miles	14
Indian Village	3.6 miles	14
Bear Lake	4.5 miles	11
Cromwell	5.3 miles	11
Wolflake	5.4 miles	11
Kimmell	5.5 miles	11
Big Lake	6.3 miles	11
Burr Oak	8.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446710. 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.