Lockport, Indiana
Lockport | ||
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FIPS code 18-44550[2] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 438202[1] |
Lockport is an
Metropolitan Statistical Area
.
History
A post office was established at Lockport in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.
Geography
Lockport is located less than half a mile northwest of the Wabash River. Burnetts Creek flows along the east side of town.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lockport, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Carroll County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ^ Odell, John Curtis (1916). History of Carroll County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 80.
- ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...on the Wabash and Erie Canal and named for the locks here.
External links
- Media related to Lockport, Indiana at Wikimedia Commons