Lockport, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Lockport
Mapsize:120px
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana Carroll County
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Carroll County
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Carroll
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Adams
Coordinates:40.6992°N -86.5736°W
Elevation Ft:571
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:47926
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-44550[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:438202

Lockport is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

A post office was established at Lockport in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.[2] The birth of the town, and its name, are related to the set of lock gates that one would have encountered on the Wabash and Erie Canal.[3] [4]

Geography

Lockport is located less than half a mile northwest of the Wabash River. Burnetts Creek flows along the east side of town.

References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Web site: Carroll County . Jim Forte Postal History . 28 August 2014.
  3. Book: Odell, John Curtis. History of Carroll County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. 1916. B.F. Bowen. 80.
  4. Book: Baker, Ronald L.. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. registration. October 1995. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-32866-3. 200. ...on the Wabash and Erie Canal and named for the locks here..