Stockwell, Indiana
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| official_name = Stockwell, Indiana
| settlement_type = Census-designated place
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| image_skyline = Stockwell_Indiana_market.png
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| image_caption = The corner of Orchard and Monroe.
| image_map = File:Tippecanoe County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Stockwell Highlighted 1873340.svg
| mapsize = 290px
| map_caption = Location of Stockwell in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Indiana
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Tippecanoe County
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| subdivision_name3 = Lauramie
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1859
| timezone = Eastern (EST)
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| coordinates = {{coord|40|16|50|N|86|45|02|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_ft = 771
| postal_code_type = ZIP code
| postal_code = 47983
| area_code = 765
| blank_name = GNIS feature ID
| blank_info = 2583472{{GNIS|2583472}}
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| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 494
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_km2 = 6.40
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.47
| area_land_km2 = 6.40
| area_land_sq_mi = 2.47
| population_density_sq_mi = 199.92
| population_density_km2 = 77.19
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Stockwell, originally named Lauramie, is a census-designated place in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It was once a stop along the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad, but the rail line has since been removed.
The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
An old variant name of the community was called Bakers Corner.{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,FNAME:444184,Baker%27s%20Corner|title=USGS detail on Stockwell - Variant Citation|accessdate=25 July 2016}}
A post office was established under the name Bakers Corners in 1853, and was renamed to Stockwell in 1859. It is still currently in operation.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Tippecanoe&searchtext=&pagenum=3|title=Tippecanoe County|publisher=Jim Forte Postal History|accessdate=July 25, 2016}}
Geography
Stockwell is on a bend in Lauramie Creek in Lauramie Township, less than two miles west of U.S. Route 52. Stockwell had a population of 545 at the 2010 census.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2010= 545
|2020= 494
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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Image:Stockwell Indiana welcome.png|A welcome sign in Stockwell
Image:Stockwell Indiana wedding.png|A July 2007 wedding at the town's gazebo
Image:Stockwell, Indiana 1878.png|Stockwell in 1878
References
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{{Tippecanoe County, Indiana}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Tippecanoe County, Indiana