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History · Snow Lake

Half of Snow Lake’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Snow Lake was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1941 on.

0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Snow Lake’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 Snow Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Snow Lake, in brief

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

Snow Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Steuben County, Indiana, United States.

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

By decade

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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

Snow Lake on the map, 1941 to 1992

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

Snow Lake on the 1941 USGS mapSnow Lake on the 1960 USGS mapSnow Lake on the 1981 USGS mapSnow Lake on the 1992 USGS map1941Angola West 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 Snow Lake.

Famous people

Famous people close to Snow Lake

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

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Lurene TuttleAmerican actress · b. 1907
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John BarnesAmerican science fiction writer · b. 1957
Lois Irene Kimsey28th Second Lady of the United States · b. 1873
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Hagood HardyCanadian composer · b. 1937
Francis DoddAmerican brigadier general · b. 1899
Henry M. KimballAmerican politician, Michigan · b. 1878

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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.