Sprout Ditch

Sprout Ditch is a stream in Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana. Sprout Ditch is situated near the hamlet Ainsworth, as well as near Green Acres.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lake George and Hobart Carnegie Library.

Lake George

Reservoir

Lake George is a mill pond on Deep River in Hobart, Indiana, in the United States. Lake George was formed when George Earle constructed a dam on Deep River to power sawmills and gristmills.

Hobart Carnegie Library

Library

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hobart Carnegie Library, also known as the Hobart Historical Society Museum, is a historic Carnegie library located at Hobart, Indiana. It was built in 1914–1915, and is a one-story, Tudor Revival style brick building. Hobart Carnegie Library is situated 2 miles northeast of Sprout Ditch.

First Unitarian Church of Hobart

Place of worship

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.

First Unitarian Church of Hobart is the oldest Unitarian Church in Indiana, and the oldest church still occupied by its original congregation in the city of Hobart. First Unitarian Church of Hobart is situated 2 miles northeast of Sprout Ditch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ainsworth and Hobart.

Ainsworth

Hamlet

Ainsworth is a neighborhood of Hobart, Indiana. Prior to the early 1990s, it was an unincorporated community in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana. Ainsworth is situated 1½ miles southeast of Sprout Ditch.

Hobart

Photo: Dennisyerger84, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hobart is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,752 at the 2020 census, up from 29,059 in 2010. It has been historically primarily residential, though recent annexation has added a notable retail corridor to the city.

Liverpool

Neighborhood

Liverpool was the original county seat of Lake County, Indiana, and one of the oldest towns in the area. Today, another settlement on the same site, named "Liverpool" after the former town, is a neighborhood of Lake Station, Indiana. Liverpool is situated 3 miles north of Sprout Ditch.

Sprout Ditch

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Lake County, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.50809° or 41° 30′ 29″ north

Longitude

-87.27559° or 87° 16′ 32″ west

Elevation

600 feet (183 metres)

Open location code

86HJGP5F+6Q

GeoNames ID

4926727

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Green Acres and Merrillville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St. Mary Medical Center and Hind General Hospital.

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Worth a closer look: Gary and Hammond.

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