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Waterloo, Indiana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in White River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46143. It lies near Sally Doty Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bargersville quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Waterloo within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

25,754 words on this township

A 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 White River Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on White River Township - 25,754 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Waterloo: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Central Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hill #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoosier DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoosier Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Port Royal PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waverly Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Pennington Estates0.6 miles16
Woodland Stream0.8 miles16
Waters Edge0.8 miles16
Cedar Hills1.0 miles16
Golden Grove1.0 miles16
Horizon Estates1.3 miles16
Bluff Creek1.3 miles16
Kinder1.3 miles16

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 WaterlooAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7974185The 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 445540. 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.