Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, Indiana
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Indiana
Pushpin Label:Cordry Sweetwater Lakes
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Brown
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Hamblen
Area Footnotes:[1]
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:8.56
Area Land Km2:6.91
Area Water Km2:1.66
Area Total Sq Mi:3.30
Area Land Sq Mi:2.67
Area Water Sq Mi:0.64
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1274
Population Density Km2:184.48
Population Density Sq Mi:477.87
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:876
Coordinates:39.3086°N -86.1264°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46164
Area Code:812 & 930
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-15115[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2629877

Cordry Sweetwater Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamblen Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,128 at the 2010 census.[3] Sweetwater Lake is 260 acres in size.

History

Cordry Sweetwater Lakes had its start in the 1960s with the completion of the Cordry and Sweetwater dams. The dams impounded the Cordry and Sweetwater lakes, around which property developers built up the community.[4]

Geography

Cordry Sweetwater Lakes is located in northeastern Brown County. It consists of a residential community surrounding two reservoirs, Cordry Lake and Sweetwater Lake.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.8km2, of which 7.1sqkm is land and 1.7sqkm, or 18.94%, is water.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 16, 2022.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  3. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cordry Sweetwater Lakes CDP, Indiana. https://archive.today/20200212175047/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1815115. dead. February 12, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. November 15, 2013.
  4. Web site: Area History . Cordry Sweetwater Lakes Community . 28 August 2014.