Headnote
LAKE COUNTY, situated at the northwest corner of Indiana, on Lake Michigan. Area, 468 square miles. Seat of justice, Lake c. h., Crown Point. Pop. in 1840, 1,468; in 1850, 3,991. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Indiana

Lake County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
LAKE COUNTY, situated at the northwest corner of Indiana, on Lake Michigan. Area, 468 square miles. Seat of justice, Lake c. h., Crown Point. Pop. in 1840, 1,468; in 1850, 3,991.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 183.
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