Creston, Indiana

Creston
Unincorporated community
Creston
Coordinates: 41°20′16″N 87°25′53″W / 41.33778°N 87.43139°W / 41.33778; -87.43139Coordinates: 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	705 ft (215 m)
ZIP code	46356
FIPS code	18-15850[1]
GNIS feature ID	433117[2]

Creston is an unincorporated community in West Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana.

History

Creston was originally called Cedar Lake, but the name was changed in 1882 when the railroad was extended to that point.^[3]

Geography

Creston is located at 41°20′16″N 87°25′53″W / 41.33778°N 87.43139°W / 41.33778; -87.43139.

References

1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "Creston, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
3. ↑ Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 141. 

Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Indiana, United States County seat: Crown Point Cities Crown Point East Chicago Gary Hammond Hobart Lake Station Whiting 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‡ Shelby Other unincorporated communities Ainsworth Belshaw Brunswick Creston Deep River Deer Creek Dinwiddie Green Acres Hawthorne Hills Klaasville Kreitzburg Lake Hills Leroy Liberty Park Liverpool New Elliott North Hayden Orchard Grove Palmer Range Line Rolling Hill Estates Ross Shady Lawn Southeast Grove Southmoor Park Van Loon Wald View Woodmar Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties