Welborn Switch, Indiana
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Black Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47620. It stands on Large Drain. The Survey maps it on the Maunie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1940 USGS Carmi quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Carmi quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Maunie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maunie quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Mount Vernon quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
35,592 words on this townshipHistory and Directory of Posey County [Indiana] : Containing an Account of the Early Settlement and Organization of the County ... : Also a Complete List of the Tax-payers, Their Post-office Addresses and Places of Residence, Together with a Business Directory of Mt. Vernon and New Harmony ... Also Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, published 1882; History of Posey County, Indiana : from the Earliest Times to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. : Together with an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1886; History of Posey County, Indiana, published 1913 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Black Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Black Township - 35,592 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savah | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Grafton | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Upton | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Erwin | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Solitude | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Farmersville | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Dead Mans Crossing | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Prairie | 6.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445655. 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.






