INDOT FOUN C05R - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Bronze tablet at the South end of the West bridge rail of a Concrete Bridge over Little Shawnee Creek, on Indiana state road 341, 1/4 mile north of the intersection of SR 55 and SR 341, in Newtown, Indiana.

From the INDOT data sheet :-

Benchmark # C-05R, Elevation 698.73 Feet. Located in East Line, Sec. 1, T 20N, R, 7-W, Township - Richland, County - Fountain. 0.24 Miles North of the intersection with SR 55, on State Road 341. Benchmark set in top of South end of West concrete bridge rail structure 341-23-4026 over Little Shawnee Creek. This BM was reset 2-11-1997, after the bridge the original BM was on was replaced. (visit link)

Newtown is a town in Richland Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. The population was 256 at the 2010 census. (visit link)

Richland Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 950. (visit link)

Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington. According to the 2000 census, its population was 17,954; the 2010 population was 17,240. The county has eight incorporated towns with a total population of about 9,700, as well as many small unincorporated communities; it is also divided into eleven townships which provide local services. An interstate highway, two U.S. Routes and five Indiana state roads cross the county, as does a major railroad line.
The state of Indiana was established in 1816. The first non-indigenous settler in the area that became Fountain County is thought to have been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived here in early 1823 and was soon followed by others. Fountain County was officially created on December 30, 1825, the act taking effect on April 1, 1826; the boundaries of the county have not changed since that time. It was named for Major James Fontaine of Kentucky who was killed at Harmar's Defeat (near modern Fort Wayne, Indiana) on October 22, 1790, during the Northwest Indian War. (visit link)

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: FOUN C05R Benchmark Agency: Indiana Department of Highways (IN) Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Fountain County, Indiana USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mellott Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed

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