Dinwiddie is an

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in Eagle Creek Township, Lake County,

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History

Dinwiddie was the name of a family of pioneer settlers. The ''Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad'' attempted to build a line through here from 1898, which was to run from Rensselaer on the

Monon Railroad The Monon Railroad , also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway from 1897 to 1971, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville R ...

to Crown Point and

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. The Monon took over in 1914, and left the project unfinished north of Dinwiddie which hence became a railroad terminus. The stub line was abandoned in 1935.

Geography

Dinwiddie is located at the intersection of

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and State Road 2.

References

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