Most of Bass Lake was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 2000.
Passages that mention Bass Lake, cut from the printed page as they were published.
A standard history of Starke County, Indiana1915 · page 322Read the page →
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the education commenced in Ohio. Here he has passed his entire life, engaging in agricultural and real estate pursuits, and is still the owner of the original homestead which was improved by his father. In addition he owns a tract on section 7, North Bend Township, and on Bass Lake, having 200 acres here. He also laid oixt twenty-six lots of the original Winona plat, on the north side of Bass Lake, near his home and on Main Street, and this organization was later incorporated in a New Winona and moved to Winona Lake, near Warsaw, Indiana, this place later as-
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A standard history of Starke County, Indiana1915 · page 39Read the page →
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Bass Lake There are several beautiful lakes in the county. Bass Lake, lying partly in North Bend Township and partly in California Township, is about one and one-half miles wide by three miles long and contains bass, pickerel, sunfish and pike, which makes it a great place for a summer resort. Many people come out from Chicago, Logansport, Kokomo and Huntington and other towns, spending a good share of the hot and sultry months of summer upon the shores of this beautiful
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