| Official Name: | Young America |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 120px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Cass County |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Cass County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cass |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Deer Creek |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.1 |
| Population Total: | 118 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Coordinates: | 40.5683°N -86.3486°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 761 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 46998 |
| Area Code: | 574 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-86156[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2830331 |
Young America is an unincorporated community in Deer Creek Township, Cass County, Indiana.
Young America was platted about 1856.[2] The town sprang up around a saw mill. When someone wrote "Young America" on the mill's boiler, to indicate the promise of the enterprise, the name stuck.[3]
The Young America post office was established in 1876 and ceased operations in 2019.[4]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Young America has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Young America was 101F on June 29, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded was -32F on January 2nd, 2023.
The United States Census Bureau delineated Young America as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.[5]