Dinwiddie, Indiana

Dinwiddie is an unincorporated community in Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana.

Dinwiddie, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Dinwiddie is located in Indiana
Dinwiddie
Dinwiddie
Dinwiddie is located in the United States
Dinwiddie
Dinwiddie
Coordinates: 41°17′22″N 87°18′04″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyLake
TownshipEagle Creek
Elevation
689 ft (210 m)
ZIP code
46341 (Hebron)
Area code219
FIPS code18-18195[1]
GNIS feature ID433566[2]

History

Dinwiddie was the name of a family of pioneer settlers.[3]

The Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad attempted to build a line through here from 1898, which was to run from Rensselaer on the Monon Railroad to Crown Point and Gary. The Monon took over in 1914, and left the project unfinished north of Dinwiddie which hence became a railroad terminus. The stub line was abandoned in 1935.[4]

Geography

Dinwiddie is located at 41°17′22″N 87°18′04″W, at the intersection of Interstate 65 and State Road 2.

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Dinwiddie, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  3. Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 160.
  4. "Benjamin Gifford and the Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad". Retrieved December 31, 2019.


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