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History · Lakeshore Resort

Half of Lakeshore Resort’s homes were built after 1993

Most of Lakeshore Resort was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1956 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lakeshore Resort’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Lakeshore Resort are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Lakeshore Resort, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lakeshore Resort yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lakeshore Resort is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Indiana, United States.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Lakeshore Resort on the map, 1956 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lakeshore Resort. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Lakeshore Resort on the 1956 USGS mapLakeshore Resort on the 1972 USGS mapLakeshore Resort on the 1981 USGS map1956Everton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Lakeshore Resort.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lakeshore Resort

Nobody well known was born in Lakeshore Resort itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lew WallaceAmerican lawyer, Union general in the American … · b. 1827
John St. JohnArmy officer and politician · b. 1833
James Noble TynerAmerican politician · b. 1826
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Gaius Glenn AtkinsAmerican minister · b. 1868
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Perry W. JenkinsAmerican coach and politician · b. 1867

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.