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Crown Point, IN

Lake County, 35 miles SE of the Loop. Originally named Lake CourtHouse, Crown Point was settled in 1834, and has served as the county seat of Lake County,Indiana, since 1840. The name was changed to Crown Point in 1845. Between 1915 and 1940, Crown Point was a popular elopement destination for Chicago-area couples because there was no waiting period to obtain a marriage license. The 2000 population was 19,806.


Crown Point, IN (inc. 1868)
Year Total
(and by category) 		  Foreign Born Native with foreign parentage Males per 100 females
1900 2,336   — — —
1930 4,046   8.8% 25.9% 106
  3,918 White (96.8%)      
  87 Negro (2.2%)      
  41 Other (1.0%)      
1960 8,443   3.6% 12.0% 94
  8,421 White (99.7%)      
  20 Negro (0.2%)      
  2 Other races (0.0%)      
1990 17,728   5.8% — 92
  17,236 White (97.2%)      
  264 Black (1.5%)      
  134 Asian/Pacific Islander (0.8%)      
  94 Other race (0.5%)      
  390 Hispanic Origin* (2.2%)      
2000 19,806   6.3% — 90
  18,879 White alone (95.3%)      
  280 Black or African American alone (1.4%)      
  36 American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.2%)      
  195 Asian alone (1.0%)      
  8 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.0%)      
  202 Some other race alone (1.0%)      
  206 Two or more races (1.0%)      
  793 Hispanic or Latino* (4.0%)      

Peggy Tuck Sinko

Bibliography
Moore, Powell A. The Calumet Region: Indiana's Last Frontier. 1959.

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