Shipshewana Lake, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Shipshewana Lake, Indiana
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Indiana#USA
Pushpin Label:Shipshewana Lake
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:LaGrange
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Newbury
Area Footnotes:[1]
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:0.64
Area Land Sq Mi:0.33
Area Water Sq Mi:0.31
Population As Of:2020
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:853
Coordinates:41.685°N -85.6064°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:46565 (Shipshewana)
Area Code:260
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-69489
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2830439

Shipshewana Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States.

Geography

The community is in western LaGrange County, surrounding the natural water body of Shipshewana Lake. It is northwest of the town of Shipshewana and 6miles east of Middlebury.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Shipshewana Lake CDP has a total area of 0.64sqmi, of which 0.33sqmi are land and 0.31sqmi, or 48.12%, are water.[1] The lake drains at its southeast end into Page Ditch, which flows northeast to the Pigeon River, a west-flowing tributary of the St. Joseph River, leading to Lake Michigan.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. April 7, 2023.