Leatherwood Branch

Leatherwood Branch is a stream in Parke, Indiana. Leatherwood Branch is situated nearby to the hamlet Billie Creek Village, as well as near New Discovery.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge and Billie Creek Covered Bridge.

Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge

Bridge

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The Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge is a single span double Burr Arch Truss covered bridge structure that was built by Joseph A. Britton & Son in 1899. Leatherwood Station Covered Bridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Leatherwood Branch.

Billie Creek Covered Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

The Billie Creek Covered Bridge is a Burr Arch structure in Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana that was built by Joseph J. Daniels in 1895. J.L. Van Fossen supplied the sandstone that makes up the abutments cut from A.E. Fuel's nearby quarry. Billie Creek Covered Bridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Leatherwood Branch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rockville and Nyesville.

Rockville

Town

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rockville is a town in Adams Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, Rockville had a population of 2,510. The town is the county seat of Parke County. It is known as "The Covered Bridge Capital of the World". Rockville is situated 3 miles northwest of Leatherwood Branch.

Nyesville

Hamlet

Nyesville, also known as Nowlington, is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Nyesville is situated 3 miles north of Leatherwood Branch.

Piattsville

Hamlet

Piattsville is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Piattsville is situated 4 miles southeast of Leatherwood Branch.

Leatherwood Branch

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Parke, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.73893° or 39° 44′ 20″ north

Longitude

-87.18363° or 87° 11′ 1″ west

Elevation

558 feet (170 metres)

Open location code

86FJPRQ8+HG

GeoNames ID

4260250

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