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Woodcrest, Indiana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46151. It lies near Lincoln Hill. The Survey maps it on the Martinsville quadrangle.

Woodcrest within Morgan County

On record in Woodcrest

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

36,316 words on this township

Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 36,316 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Woodcrest: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, Stone, Clay. 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
Cardinal Clay Products Inc.ClayProducer
Martinsville MineClay, StoneProducer
Martinsville Brick PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Martinsville PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Thomas Moulding PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Jones Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Martinsville Aggregate DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morgan Co. Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morgan County PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Shelburne0.2 miles18
Wolff0.3 miles18
Fewell Rhoades1.1 miles18
Martinsville1.9 miles18
Elk1.9 miles18
Laveianan Court2.4 miles18
Foxcliff Estates2.7 miles18
Stines Mill Corner2.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 446283. 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.