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Welcome to Lottaville ...

Lottaville is located in Lake County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Lottaville, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Lottaville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Lottaville is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Lottaville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lottaville (for example, toward Walkerton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Lottaville lies within the (219) area code.

Communities near Lottaville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lottaville.

  • Hammond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Gary is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,693 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary <4>
  • Portage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Calumet City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Valparaiso
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Crown Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Chicago Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Schererville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schererville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schererville
    • Schererville is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,593 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schererville <4>
  • Hobart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • East Chicago
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Chicago have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chicago
    • East Chicago is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,742 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Chicago <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lottaville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lottaville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lottaville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lottaville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lottaville. See our Newspapers Page for Lottaville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lottaville ...

Looking for more information about Lottaville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lottaville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lottaville.

Adding Lottaville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lottaville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lottaville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lottaville post office opened in 1881.

We also found Lottaville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lottaville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lottaville. 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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lottaville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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