# Ross, Indiana

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**Ross** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Calumet Township](/source/Calumet_Township,_Lake_County,_Indiana), [Lake County](/source/Lake_County,_Indiana), [Indiana](/source/Indiana).

## History

Ross was named for William Ross, a pioneer settler.[3] A post office was established at Ross in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1914.[4]

## Demographics

The [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau) defined Ross as a [census designated place](/source/Census_designated_place) in the 2023 [American Community Survey](/source/American_Community_Survey).[5]

## References

1. ["U.S. Census website"](https://www.census.gov). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau). Retrieved 2008-01-31.

1. Howat, William Frederick (1915). [*A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1*](https://books.google.com/books?id=NkPWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA131). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 131.

1. ["Lake County"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Lake&searchtext=&pagenum=4). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

1. ["2023 Geography Changes"](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2023/geography-changes.html). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)

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