Ainsworth was an

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in Ross Township, Lake County,

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. The Grand Trunk Railroad was extended to Ainsworth in 1880. In the early 1990s the area containing Ainsworth was annexed by the city of

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. 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

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and the

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(formerly the Grand Trunk Western Railroad).

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Unincorporated communities in Lake County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{LakeCountyIN-geo-stub