Country Squire Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Geneva Township, Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 3,571.[3]
Country Squire Lakes, Indiana | |
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Census-designated place | |
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Coordinates: 39°2′34″N 85°40′47″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Jennings |
Township | Geneva |
Area | |
• Total | 2.70 sq mi (6.99 km2) |
• Land | 2.56 sq mi (6.63 km2) |
• Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2) |
Elevation | 710 ft (220 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,558 |
• Density | 1,390.93/sq mi (537.02/km2) |
ZIP code | 47265 (North Vernon, IN) |
GNIS feature ID | 2629850[2] |
FIPS code | 18-15409 |
It was founded in 1973 by a property developer as a planned community built around several artificial lakes.[4]
The community is in northwestern Jennings County, it is in the southeast corner of Geneva Township. It is built around Country Squire Lake, a reservoir on Six mile Creek, as well as several smaller lakes. The lakes in the western part of the community drain to Mutton Creek. Six mile and Mutton Creeks are southwest-flowing tributaries of the Vernon Fork of the Muscatatuck River and part of the White River watershed.
Indiana State Road 7 runs along the northeast edge of the community, leading southeast 3 miles (5 km) to North Vernon and northwest 18 miles (29 km) to Columbus. The older community of Queensville borders Country Squire Lakes to the northeast across Highway 7.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Country Squire Lakes CDP has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2), of which 2.5 square miles (6.6 km2) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2), or 5.16%, are water.[3]
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
2020 | 3,558 | — | |
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County seat: Vernon | ||
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Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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