Lake Cicott, Indiana
Lake Cicott | |
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 Cass County's location in Indiana | |
  Lake Cicott Location in Cass County | |
| Coordinates: 40°45′51″N 86°31′27″W / 40.76417°N 86.52417°WCoordinates: 40°45′51″N 86°31′27″W / 40.76417°N 86.52417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Cass |
| Township | Jefferson |
| Elevation | 705 ft (215 m) |
| ZIP code | 46947 |
| GNIS feature ID | 437524[1] |
Lake Cicott is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana. The community is named after the lake in which it sits beside.
It has a permanent population of 26 people.
History[edit]
Lake Cicott was laid out in 1868.[2] The namesake of Lake Cicott is George Cicott, a pioneer.[3] The first post office in Lake Cicott was established in 1873.[4]
Geography[edit]
The town of Lake Cicott is located at 40°45′51″N 86°31′27″W / 40.76417°N 86.52417°W at the eastern end of Lake Cicott. Lake Cicott is the only lake in Cass County and is the southern most glacial lake in Indiana.[5] The lake is approximately a half mile long and a quarter mile wide and is no more than 50 feet (15 m) in depth. There are no streams feeding into it.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lake Cicott, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Powell, Jehu Z. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 631.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...which was named for George Cicott, a fur trader whose reserve was located here.
- ^ "Cass County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "About Us -".
- ^ Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington. 1909.
External links[edit]
Media related to Lake Cicott, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons
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