BlockYorkville, Indiana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in York Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47022. It stands on Kline Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guilford quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Lawrenceburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Guilford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
1,741 words on this townshipHistory of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on York Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
York township must have received the name on account of the number of English who came into the township from Yorkshire, in England. The tone and character of the entire township was in its early history dominated by these thrifty, high-class citizens. Guilford, at the forks of Tanners creek, and Yorkville, three miles out the ridge, between the two creeks, by their names indicate their English origin.
Passage source: History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915.
One mile east of Yorkville is located a public cemetery donated for that purpose by Philip Row, who then owned the land about it. It is said that the oldest grave in the cemetery that bears an inscription is dated 1838. Of the older persons buried there: Andrew Scott died in 1839, aged seventy-three; Robert Keightly died in 1856, aged eighty-eight ; Philip Row died in 1838, aged seventy-two; Mary, wife of Philip Row, die,d in 1838, aged seventythree; David C. Perine died in 1850, aged seventy-six; Catherine, wife of David Perine, died in 1863, aged seventy-three.
Passage source: History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915.
the forks of Tanners creek is called. The family is said to have remained on York ridge only one year, removing to Manchester township, where it is claimed he erected the first cabin on Pleasant View Ridge. He lived during the year near the present site of the village of Yorkville and had for neigh* bors a family by the name of Bonte and another by the name of Davison, both of whom had entered lands there. The Davisons soon after sold out to John Gidney. Land changed hands or owners in those days much more rapid¬ ly than now and a family by the name of Cherry at one time a little later is said to have been large landowners about Yorkville at an early date.
Passage source: History of Dearborn County Indiana, published 1915.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on York Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorkville in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $3,000 | Several trees were downed along State Route 1, north of Guilford. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnell | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dover | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| New Alsace | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Guilford | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Weisburg | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Manchester | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hubbells Corner | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kyle | 4.7 miles | 17 |
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 Yorkville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8055813 | The 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 446407. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.