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Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail, also known as the Sheriff's House, is a historic jail and residence located at 226 South Main Street in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1882, and is a two-story, Second Empire style brick building. It has a three-story projecting tower and a mansard roof.
The modern Lake County Jail opened in 1975 in a five-floor facility with 286 beds. In 1991, capacity was increased to 460 beds and additions in 2000 provided for a total of 1,085 beds. [ 16 ] A Special Operations Response Team (SORT) is utilized in controlling inmate disturbances and restoring order in emergency situations.
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Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2020, its population was 498,700, [9] making it Indiana's second-most populous county. The county seat is Crown Point. [10] The county is part of Northwest Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area, and contains a mix of urban, suburban and
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.
Timeline to crisis. The 911 Emergency call system has only been around since the late 1960s.Before that callers had to either call police or fire directly or call an operator for help connecting them.
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. Local dissatisfaction brought the state into the process and the following year (1840), Lake Court House was selected.
Winfield (/ ˈ w ɪ n f i l d / WIN-feeld) is a town in Winfield Township, Lake County, Indiana. The population was 2,298 at the time of the 2000 census, 4,383 in 2010, and 5,987 in 2019. The town was incorporated in 1993 in order to keep the residents from being annexed by other neighboring communities.