Lake Cicott, Indiana

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Lake Cicott
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Cass County's location in Indiana
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Lake Cicott
Location in Cass County
Coordinates: 40°45′51″N86°31′27″W / 40.76417°N 86.52417°W / 40.76417; -86.52417
Country United States
State Indiana
County Cass
Township Jefferson
Elevation
705 ft (215 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total26
ZIP code
46947
GNIS feature ID437524 [1]

Lake Cicott is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana. The community is named after the lake in which it sits beside.

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It has a permanent population of 26 people.

History

Lake Cicott was laid out in 1868. [2] The namesake of Lake Cicott is George Cicott, a pioneer. [3] The first post office in Lake Cicott was established in 1873. [4]

Geography

The town of Lake Cicott is located at 40°45′51″N86°31′27″W / 40.76417°N 86.52417°W / 40.76417; -86.52417 at the eastern end of Lake Cicott. Lake Cicott is the only lake in Cass County and is the southern most glacial lake in Indiana. [5] The lake is approximately a half mile long and a quarter mile wide and is no more than 50 feet (15 m) in depth. There are no streams feeding into it. [6]

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References

  1. "Lake Cicott, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  2. Powell, Jehu Z. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. pp.  631.
  3. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  190. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...which was named for George Cicott, a fur trader whose reserve was located here.
  4. "Cass County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  5. "About Us -".
  6. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington. 1909.

Is it true that Lake Cicott gets the majority of its water from the underground Teays River? I have heard over the years that there are seven or eight springs feeding water from the Teays River along the north side of the lake. [1]


  1. . I got my information from elderly gentlemen who lived in the Lake Cicott area. I am 82 years old and have fished at Lake Cicott for over 70 years. I have lived on the north shore of the lake for the last 36 years.