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Westside, Indiana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47001. It lies near Cobb Hill. The Survey maps it on the Aurora quadrangle.

Westside within Dearborn County

On record in Westside

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 12 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

2,243 words on this township

History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Center Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Center Township - 2,243 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Westside: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
D & M MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laughery PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Petersburg MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dearborn 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
Utah0.5 miles19
Aurora0.6 miles19
Cochran1.1 miles19
Texas1.3 miles19
Wilmington2.1 miles19
Lawrenceburg3.6 miles16
Oldtown3.8 miles16
Greendale4.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445859. 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.