Creston, Indiana

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

Creston, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Creston
Creston
Coordinates: 41°20′16″N 87°25′53″W
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyLake
TownshipWest Creek
Elevation
705 ft (215 m)
ZIP code
46356
FIPS code18-15850[1]
GNIS feature ID433117[2]

History

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. 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]

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References
  1. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Creston, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. “History of Creston Recalled”, Lowell Tribune (July 3, 1952).
  4. Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 141.
  5. “Creston” Archived 2017-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, Monon Railroad Historical - Technical Society



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