Ainsworth, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Ainsworth, Indiana
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Ainsworth
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lake
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Ross
Population As Of:2000
Population Total:320
Coordinates:41.4878°N -87.2586°W
Elevation Ft:663
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46342 (Hobart)
Area Code:219
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-00694[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:430149

Ainsworth is a neighborhood of Hobart, Indiana. Prior to the early 1990s, it was an unincorporated community in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana.

The Grand Trunk Railroad was extended to Ainsworth in 1880.[2]

In the early 1990s the area containing Ainsworth was annexed by the city of Hobart. A failed attempt to fight the annexation would have seen the area incorporated into the town of Ainsworth, thus bringing back the name of the old village. It is located near the intersection of Indiana State Road 51 and the Canadian National Railway (formerly the Grand Trunk Western Railroad).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  2. Book: A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1 . Lewis Publishing Company . Howat, William Frederick . 1915 . 184.