Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Crown Point came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Crown Point in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Crown Point. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Crown Point data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Crown Point:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Crown Point was listed as Crown Point Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Crown Point was listed as Crown Point Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Crown Point was listed as Crown Point Courthouse.

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924)

Shell Oil Road Map for Indiana (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Crown Point is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Crown Point in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Crown Point for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Crown Point. See our Misc Page for Crown Point for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Crown Point:

Crown Point was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crown Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecountyin.org/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov