Stockwell, IN

Stockwell, originally named Lauramie, is a census-designated place in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 census counted 494 residents. Stockwell was once a stop along the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Railroad, but the rail line has since been removed. The community is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Stockwell is in the Tippecanoe School Corporation. Stockwell's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Indiana setting. The local scoop is how Stockwell's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. An old variant name of the community was called Bakers Corner. A post office was established under the name Bakers Corners in 1853, and was renamed to Stockwell in 1859. Stockwell is on a bend in Lauramie Creek in Lauramie Township, less than two miles west of U.S. Route 52.