Laketon, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Wabash

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Pleasant

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|area_total_km2 = 3.15

|area_land_km2 = 2.73

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 606

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|timezone_DST = EDT

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|elevation_ft = 758

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 46943

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|blank_info = 18-41562{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

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|blank1_info = 2629856{{GNIS|2629856}}

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|unit_pref = Imperial

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.21

|area_water_km2 = 0.42

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.05

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|population_density_sq_mi = 574.95

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Laketon is an unincorporated census-designated place in Pleasant Township, Wabash County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

Laketon was laid out in 1836.{{cite book|last=Woodward|first=Ron|title=Laketon|url=http://www.ingenweb.org/inwabash/town-histories/laketon.txt|accessdate=May 10, 2018}} A post office was established at Laketon in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 2010.{{cite book|last=Brubaker|first=Ruth M.|title=The History of Pleasant Township Schools 1835-1962|year=1979|url=http://www.nmanchesterhistory.org/laketon-postoffice.html|accessdate=May 10, 2018}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|2020= 606

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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References

Category:Census-designated places in Wabash County, Indiana

Category:Census-designated places in Indiana