Shipshewana Lake, Indiana

Shipshewana Lake, Indiana
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 41°41′06″N 85°36′23″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaGrange
Township	Newbury
Area [1]
• Total	0.64 sq mi (1.7 km^2)
• Land	0.33 sq mi (0.9 km^2)
• Water	0.31 sq mi (0.8 km^2)
Elevation [2]	853 ft (260 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46565 (Shipshewana)
Area code	260
FIPS code	18-69489[1]
GNIS feature ID	2830439[2]

Shipshewana Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States.^[2]

Geography

The community is in western LaGrange County, surrounding the natural water body of Shipshewana Lake. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the town of Shipshewana and 6 miles (10 km) east of Middlebury.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Shipshewana Lake CDP has a total area of 0.64 square miles (1.66 km²), of which 0.33 square miles (0.85 km²) are land and 0.31 square miles (0.80 km²), or 48.12%, are water.^[1] The lake drains at its southeast end into Page Ditch, which flows northeast to the Pigeon River, a west-flowing tributary of the St. Joseph River, leading to Lake Michigan.

References

1. "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shipshewana Lake, Indiana