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Lake County was organized in 1837 and a small log structure was used as the courthouse. At the time the county was created, three towns were vying to be the County Seat, Lake Court House (the name for Crown Point), Liverpool and West Point. [6] In 1839 the County Commissioners picked Liverpool as the County Seat.
Crown Point Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district in Crown Point, Indiana, that dates back to 1873. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Its boundaries were changed in 2005, and it was increased in 2007 to include a Moderne architecture building at 208 Main Street. [ 1 ]
Location of Lake County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Crown Point is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Indiana, United States. [4] The population was 33,899 at the 2020 census.The city was incorporated in 1868. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family became the first settlers to an area that later became Crown Point.
The neighborhood is served by the Indiana Toll Road directly to its north, which has exits at Broadway, Grant Street, and 5th Avenue, by Interstate 65 to the east, which has an exit on 5th Avenue, and by US 12 /20 also to the north. The Adam Benjamin Metro Center is located just north of 4th Avenue.
[2] For example, in Howard County, Indiana, with a population of less than 100,000, [3] the Circuit Court is a court of general jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and exclusive jurisdiction over juvenile cases, [4] while the Superior Court 1 primarily hears criminal drug and domestic violence cases. [5]
The original county seat was Liverpool, but in 1840 Lake Court House, later renamed as Crown Point, was chosen. [16] Lake County's population grew slowly before the 1850s. Construction of railroads to link Chicago to the rest of the country stimulated rapid development, and tens of thousands of settlers and immigrants bought land in the region ...
Description: This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Lake County, Indiana, highlighting Crown Point in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.