Crown Point, Indiana

Crown Point, Indiana
City
Lake County courthouse in Crown Point
Nickname:  Hub of Lake County
Location of Crown Point in Lake County, Indiana.
Coordinates: 41°24′05″N 87°21′22″W / 41.40139°N 87.35611°W / 41.40139; -87.35611
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Lake
Township	Center and Ross
Government
• Type	city council
• Mayor	Pete Land (D)
Area [1]
• Total	17.98 sq mi (46.58 km2)
• Land	17.93 sq mi (46.44 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)
Elevation	717 ft ([2] m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	33,899
• Density	1,890.63/sq mi (729.98/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	46307-46308
Area code	219
FIPS code	18-16138[3]
GNIS feature ID	2393682[2]
Website	crownpoint.in.gov

Crown Point is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Indiana, United States.^[4] The population was 33,899 at the 2020 census. The city was incorporated in 1868. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family became the first settlers to an area that later became Crown Point. Due to its location, Crown Point is known as the "Hub of Lake County".

The city is surrounded by Merrillville to the north, Winfield to the east, Cedar Lake to the southwest, St. John to the west, and unincorporated Schererville to the northwest. The southern and southwestern parts of Crown Point border some unincorporated areas of Lake County.