Ainsworth, Indiana

Ainsworth, Indiana
Neighborhood
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Coordinates: 41°29′16″N87°15′31″W / 41.48778°N 87.25861°W / 41.48778; -87.25861
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Lake
Township	Ross
City	Hobart
Founded	c. 1880
Elevation [1]	663 ft (202 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	320
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	46342 (Hobart)
Area code	219
FIPS code	18-00694 [2]
GNIS feature ID	430149 [1]

Ainsworth is a neighborhood of Hobart, Indiana. Prior to the early 1990s, it was an unincorporated community in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana.

History

The Grand Trunk Railroad was extended to Ainsworth in 1880. ^[3] Ainsworth was possibly named after a prominent railroad official. ^[4]

A post office was opened in 1882 in Ainsworth and closed in 1934. ^[4]

In the early 1990s the area containing Ainsworth was annexed by the city of Hobart. A failed attempt to fight the annexation would have seen the area incorporated into the town of Ainsworth, thus bringing back the name of the old village. It is located near the intersection of Indiana State Road 51 and the Canadian National Railway (formerly the Grand Trunk Western Railroad).^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ainsworth, Indiana
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 184.
4. Baker, Ronald L. (1995). From Needmore to Prosperity : Hoosier place names in folklore and history. Internet Archive. Bloomington : Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3.