RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Indiana >> Morgan County >> Young >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Young, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Young and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Young:
    • 39.610324, -86.337492
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Young
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Since Young is near Hendricks County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hendricks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Young

Communities Also Named Young ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Young.

There are two communities within Indiana that are also named Young.

Beyond Indiana, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Brown County
      • This Young is located in Brown County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the south of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Young.
    • Vigo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Young [Vigo County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This Young is located in Gila County and lies 1,407 miles [2,264.3 km]<1> to the west of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Young.
    • Arkansas
      • Nevada County
      • This Young is located in Nevada County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Young.
    • Georgia
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Young [Washington County].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Young [Marquette County].
    • Mississippi
      • Pearl River County
      • This Young is located in Pearl River County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pearl River County community of Young.
    • North Dakota
      • Pembina County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Young [Pembina County].
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Young [Scioto County].
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • This Young is located in Marion County and lies 1,885 miles [3,033.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Young.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Young lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
    • Tennessee
      • Giles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Young [Giles County].
      • White County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Young [White County].
    • Texas
      • Freestone County
      • This Young is located in Freestone County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freestone County community of Young.
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • This Young is located in Jackson County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Young that is located in Morgan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Young.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Young ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Allman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Allman is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allman
  • Bethany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bethany is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Clearview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Clearview is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Deerwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Deerwood is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Fields
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fields is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
  • Five Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Fox Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fox Hill is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Friendswood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Friendswood is located in Hendricks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendswood
  • Gasburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gasburg is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasburg
  • Joppa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Joppa is located in Hendricks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
  • Maple Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Ridge is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
  • Red House ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red House is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
  • Valley Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Mills is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills

How Far From Young to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Young to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Young and extending to:

  • Martinsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Young to Martinsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 499 miles [803.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Young) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Young could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Young, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Young to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Young. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6103, Longitude: -86.3375       In this case, the coordinates for Young have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.591 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.044 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.594 degrees.