Lydick, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Lydick is located in Indiana
Lydick
Lydick
Lydick is located in the United States
Lydick
Lydick
Coordinates: 41°41′36″N 86°22′48″W / 41.69333°N 86.38000°W / 41.69333; -86.38000
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountySt. Joseph
TownshipWarren
Elevation
[1]
738 ft (225 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46628
Area code574
GNIS feature ID452674

Lydick is an unincorporated community in Warren Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2]

The community is part of the South Bend–Mishawaka, IN-MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Lydick originally had three different names, which were Warren Center, Sweet Home, and Lindley.[3]

There used to be a Rugby Junction between New Carlisle, Indiana and Lydick. To explain, let's start with the fact that the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad was the initial line through Lydick, about 50 years before the South Shore Line ran along the same route. The Pumpkin Vine was a siding in that area, and there was a junction known as "Rugby Junction." Although records indicate that Rugby was not the original name, the junction involved the New Jersey, Indiana, and Illinois railroads, as well as the Michigan Central Railroad. In the early 1900s, around 1908, a bridge was constructed in the area. When the tracks were laid to cross the LS&MS and the Michigan Central, there was a situation where trains had to stop and wait, leading to discussions about elevating the South Shore Line in the early to mid-1910s. The successful elevation of the bridge took place in 1916. The South Shore Line section to South Bend opened between 1908 and 1911. In 1954, the bridge was demolished after the Michigan Central Railroad abandoned that section of tracks. However, the foundation of the structure still exists as of 2023.

The Michiana Pallet Recycle Company was formed on October 22, 1990, through the merger of the Lydick Hardware Company and Lydick Lumber & Coal Company, possibly but unlikely. However, the Lydick School, established in 1926, was abandoned in the early 1970s and demolished in 1992. Near the current Pejzas Lydick Tavern, there is an old structure with a red, rotted box that used to be Petersons Grocery store, in service from 1904 to 1942 before being decommissioned. Before that, it served as an old Lydick schoolhouse built in 1872, preceding the construction of the newer one in 1926. A Memorial Day parade continued until May 28, 1980, after which not a single Memorial Day Parade event were held.

A post office opened under the name Warren Centre in 1839. It was renamed to Sweet Home in 1885, and in 1902 was renamed again to Lindley. It was renamed once more to Lydick in 1909, and was discontinued in 1913.[4]

Website [5] was developed for places, and things to do inside Lydick, Indiana.

Transportation

Several railroads had stopped at this location many years ago. The South Shore Line included a stop that was later demolished in the mid-1950s. The Chain-Lakes station, part of the South Shore Line, met its demise in 1936 due to a structure fire. The South Bend to Michigan City, Indiana line, which incorporated the Lydick Station, was abandoned in 1936. Stops were also made by the New York Central Railroad, but this station was torn down in the late 1960s when it merged with the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad to establish the Penn Central Transportation Company in 1968. Currently, Norfolk Southern Railroad owns the trackage. Currently, the only passanger railroad "Amtrak", commenced operations in the early 1970s.

Warren School Closure in 2024

Warren Elementary is scheduled to shut down following the conclusion of the 2024 school year. Consequently, the only remaining schools in the vicinity will be those situated outside the district, with Lydick Methodist Church catering to individuals up to the age of 12. It's worth noting that Lydick Methodist Church does not offer bus services. On the other hand, Jesse L. Dickinson Middle School, an institution owned by the South Bend Community School Corporation and located in Downtown South Bend, Indiana, provides bus services and it provides education for students up to the 8th grade as required by the Indiana Department of Education. In a peculiar turn of events, in the academic year 1963-64, the 9th-grade students from Washington High School were required to remain at Warren due to overcrowding, a situation that arose during the construction phase of the new LaSalle High School.

Geography

Lydick is located at 41°41′36″N 86°22′48″W / 41.69333°N 86.38000°W / 41.69333; -86.38000.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lydick, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Howard, Timothy Edward (1907). A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Lewis publishing Company. p. 283.
  4. ↑ "Saint Joseph County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lydick". sites.google.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.


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