Creston, Indiana - Wikiwand

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

Country

United States

Elevation

^[1]

709 ft (216 m)

Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)

ZIP code

46356 (Lowell)

Creston, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°20′16″N 87°25′53″W / 41.33778°N 87.43139°W / 41.33778; -87.43139
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Lake
Township	West Creek
Elevation ^[1]	709 ft (216 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	46356 (Lowell)
Area code	219
FIPS code	18-15850^[2]
GNIS feature ID	433117^[1]

Creston is an unincorporated community that straddles the border between West Creek Township and Cedar Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana.^[3]

Creston was originally called Cedar Lake, but the name was changed in 1882 when the Monon Railroad was extended to that point.^[3]^[4] The early settlers of Cedar Lake were almost all descendants of the Revolutionary War soldier Obadiah Taylor I who settled there.^[3]

The town was planned out mostly by Obadiah Taylor III and Brant McAllen. The business ventures in the nearby village of Tinkerville were moved west to Creston where they would be close to the new railroad, and in the 1880s Creston had multiple stores, blacksmith shop, coal and lumber yard, grain elevator, and post office.^[5]

In the 21st century, Creston is a quiet residential area, without substantial business or industry. A few descendants of the settlers remain.^[5] The earliest settlers were named Austin, Beck, Davis, Dille, Edgerton, Hill, King, Lloyd, McCarty, Miller, Palmer, Stillson, Skinner, Stopps, Scritchfield, Taylor, Thompson, Vinnedge, and Warriner.^[3]

Geography

Creston is located one mile south of the town of Cedar Lake (which used to be called West Point), and three miles north of Lowell.^[3]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Creston, Indiana
↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
1 2 3 4 5 “History of Creston Recalled”, Lowell Tribune (July 3, 1952).
↑ Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 141.
1 2 “Creston” Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, Monon Railroad Historical - Technical Society

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Crown Point
Cities	Crown Point East Chicago Gary Hammond Hobart Lake Station Whiting	Map of Indiana highlighting Lake County
Towns	Cedar Lake Dyer Griffith Highland Lowell Merrillville Munster New Chicago St. John Schererville Schneider Winfield
Townships	Calumet Cedar Creek Center Eagle Creek Hanover Hobart North Ross St. John West Creek Winfield
CDPs	Lake Dalecarlia Lakes of the Four Seasons‡ Leroy Ross Shelby
Other communities	Ainsworth Belshaw Brunswick Creston Deep River Deer Creek Green Acres Klaasville Kreitzburg Liverpool New Elliott Orchard Grove Palmer Range Line Southeast Grove
Ghost town	Indiana City
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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