Ross, Indiana

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement    |official_name = Ross, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community and Census-designated place |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |pushpin_map = Indiana#USA |pushpin_label = Ross |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Lake |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Calumet  |established_title = |established_date =  |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 =  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =  |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|41|31|34|N|87|22|26|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 643 |founder = |named_for =  |postal_code_type = ZIP Code |postal_code = 46408 (Gary) |area_code = 219 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 18-66085<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2830892<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2830892}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Ross''' is an unincorporated community in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana.

==History== Ross was named for William Ross, a pioneer settler.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NkPWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA131 | title=A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Howat, William Frederick | year=1915 | pages=131}}</ref> A post office was established at Ross in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Lake&searchtext=&pagenum=4 | title=Lake County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population | align = left | estyear = 2023 | estimate = 6740 | estref = <ref name=CensusEst2023>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2023.B03002?q=B03002&g=160XX00US1866085|title=B03002 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – Ross CDP – 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|date=July 1, 2023|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref> | align-fn = center | footnote = }}

The United States Census Bureau defined Ross as a census designated place in the 2023 American Community Survey.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2023 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2023/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=}}</ref> {{clear|left}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Lake County, Indiana Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana Category:1857 establishments in Indiana