Lakewood, Indiana

About Lakewood

Set in the western part of Indiana, Lakewood is a small unincorporated community.

Lakewood holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.28 square miles.

📰 Lakewood News Today

• Lakewood Park’s Korte making leap to Indiana Tech WANE 15 · May 15
• Lakewood West 6th Ave Vegetation Fire 5280Fire · Mar 18
• Shirley Joan Taylor Obituary (1937 - 2026) - Lakewood, CO Denver Gazette · Jul 9
• Gladys M. Stratman - View Obituary & Service Information Becher & Kluesner Funeral Home · Feb 17
• Dylan Blakely Sera Obituary (2026) - Lakewood, CO - Aspen Mortuaries - Lakewood Legacy obituary · May 20

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What Makes Lakewood Unique

• One of 11 places in the US named Lakewood — but the Indiana one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.28 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Terre Haute (6 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Lakewood

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🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lakewood

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