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Lake County is divided into 10 Civil Townships as follows: Calumet, Cedar
Creek, Center, Eagle Creek, Hanover, Hobart, North, Ross, St. John, West
Creek and Winfield.
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Lake County was formally organized February 15, 1837.
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Crown Point wasn't always the County Seat.
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Prior to establishing the County Seat, court was conducted in the home of
Milo Robinson, as nearly all the lands within the limits of Lake County were
still the property of the government.
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Liverpool was selected the first County Seat, however, the site was not
satisfactory to a majority of the citizens.
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The County Seat was moved back to the location of Milo Robinson's home
and was originally to be called "Lake County Courthouse," however, the name
being too cumbersome, it was suggest that the county agent, George Earle,
and the two proprietors, Judge Clark and Solon Robinson, select a new name.
They settled on Crown Point. First settled in 1835, by Solon Robinson,
Esq., by 1849 Crown Point contained three stores, one hotel, Presbyterian
and Methodist churches, a good High School kept by the Rev. Wm. Townley,
and about thirty-five dwelling houses.
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1840.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Lake County start with the prefix
45 because it is the forty-fifth county in alphabetical listing.
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