Official Name: | Stockwell, Indiana |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Mapsize: | 290px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Tippecanoe County |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Lauramie Township |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1859 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 40.2806°N -86.7506°W |
Elevation Ft: | 771 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47983 |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2583472 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 494 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 6.40 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.47 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.40 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.47 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 199.92 |
Population Density Km2: | 77.19 |
Stockwell, originally named Lauramie, is a census-designated place in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It was once a stop along the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad, but the rail line has since been removed.
The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
An old variant name of the community was called Bakers Corner.[2]
A post office was established under the name Bakers Corners in 1853, and was renamed to Stockwell in 1859. It is still currently in operation.[3]
Stockwell is on a bend in Lauramie Creek in Lauramie Township, less than two miles west of U.S. Route 52. Stockwell had a population of 545 at the 2010 census.