Lake Cicott, Indiana

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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.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_exgVAAAAYAAJ | title=History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Powell, Jehu Z. | year=1913 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_exgVAAAAYAAJ/page/n666 631]}} The namesake of Lake Cicott is George Cicott, a pioneer.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/190 190]|quote=...which was named for George Cicott, a fur trader whose reserve was located here.}} The first post office in Lake Cicott was established in 1873.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Cass | title=Cass County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 August 2014}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.visit-casscounty.com/about-us/|title=About Us -}} The lake is approximately a half mile long and a quarter mile wide and is no more than {{convert|50|feet|m}} in depth. There are no streams feeding into it.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uc7RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1|title = Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington|year = 1909|publisher = Biological Society of Washington}}

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Lake Cicott as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.{{Cite web|title=2022 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Cass County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:1868 establishments in Indiana

Category:Populated places established in 1868