Lake County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Region
- Northwest Indiana
- Metro area
- Chicago Metropolitan
- Settled
- October 1834
- Established
- February 16, 1837
- Named after
- Lake Michigan
- County seat
- Crown Point
- Largest city
- Hammond (population), Gary (total area)
- Type
- County
- Body
- Board of Commissioners
- Commissioner
- Kyle W. Allen, Sr. ( D , 1st)
- County council
- Members David Hamm ( D , 1st) Clorius Lay ( D , 2nd) Charlie Brown ( D , 3rd) Pete Lindemulder ( R , 4th) Christine Cid ( D , 5th) Ted F. Bilski ( D , 6th) Randy Niemeyer ( R , 7th)
- County
- 626.5 sq mi (1,623 km )
- Land
- 498.9 sq mi (1,292 km )
- Water
- 127.6 sq mi (330 km )
- Metro
- 10,874 sq mi (28,160 km )
- Rank
- 12th largest county in Indiana
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lake Michigan
- Official name
- Lake County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Highland
- Capital
- Crown Point
- Population
- 498700
- Area
- 1622
- Elevation
- 663
- Body of water
- Lake Michigan
- Shares border with
- Will County
- Official website
- www.lakecountyin.org
- Image
- Lake County Courthouse ( Crown Point ).jpg
- Households
- 188646
- Dialing code
- 219
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lake County, Indiana
- Commons category
- Lake County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Lake County, Indiana
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lake County, Indiana
- different from
- Lake County
- postal code
- 46401-11
- native label
- Lake County
- per capita income
- 29951
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Encyclopedic overview
Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2020, its population was 498,700, making it Indiana's second-most populous county. The county seat is Crown Point. The county is part of Northwest Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area, and contains a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas. It is bordered on the north by Lake Michigan and contains a portion of the Indiana Dunes. It includes Marktown, Clayton Mark's planned worker community in East Chicago.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations