Lake Cicott, Indiana

Lake Cicott
Unincorporated community and Census-designated place
Cass County's location in Indiana
Lake Cicott Location in Cass County
Coordinates: 40°45′55″N 86°31′52″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Cass
Township	Jefferson
Elevation [1]	699 ft (213 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	26
ZIP code	46947
GNIS feature ID	2830327[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.

History

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

The town of Lake Cicott is located 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]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Lake Cicott as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.[7]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Cicott, Indiana
2. Powell, Jehu Z. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 631.
3. 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.
4. "Cass County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
5. "About Us -".
6. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington. 1909.
7. "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.

External links

• Media related to Lake Cicott, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons