Lake Cicott
Unincorporated community
Cass County's location in Indiana
Cass County's location in Indiana
Lake Cicott is located in Cass County, Indiana
Lake Cicott
Lake Cicott
Location in Cass County
Coordinates: 40°45′51″N 86°31′27″W / 40.76417°N 86.52417°W / 40.76417; -86.52417
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyCass
TownshipJefferson
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.

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″N 86°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]

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.
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