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Stillwell, Indiana

unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ7617321 ↗
Source-derived summary

Stillwell is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Stillwell in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1963. The community was named for Thomas Stillwell, a pioneer settler.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau defined Stillwell as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Stillwell, Indiana” as unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1870, 1963, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Stillwell, Indiana and unincorporated can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7617321. Authority coordinates are 41.556, -86.603. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1870, 1963 and 2022.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Stillwell, Indiana”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Stillwell, Indiana primary sources, Stillwell, Indiana archive and Stillwell research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Stillwell, Indiana”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Stillwell, Indiana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.