The Story of the Town of Winfield

The Town of Winfield, Indiana was incorporated in August of 1993 following a planned attempt at annexation by a neighboring municipality. A group of local farmers and business leaders collected signatures over a weekend the summer of 1993 and provided the needed documentation to Lake County, IN allowing it to form its own municipality in order to maintain a low property tax rate and to retain local control. The Town of Winfield is one of the youngest municipalities in the state of Indiana and is located in Winfield Township, between Crown Point and Valparaiso in northwest Indiana. The town is also part of the Chicagoland metropolitan area offering many cultural, sporting, career and recreational opportunities. At the time of incorporation, the town had a land area of 12.5 square miles and a population estimated at just under 1,000.

In the mid 1990’s residential development was beginning to spring up in the Town of Winfield, and municipal water was brought into town by Indiana American Water in 1998. The late 1990’s and early 2000’s brought significant residential growth and also spurred commercial development along Randolph Street near the 109^th Avenue intersection. In 2005 the town purchased the privately operated wastewater treatment plant and improved and expanded it, doubling the size of the plant in 2007. The Town of Winfield has just completed another wastewater treatment plant expansion to double capacity again in order to provide sewer service to additional new residential and commercial development.

With a mix of small and franchise businesses, access to exceptional quality education through the Crown Point Community School District, low property tax rates, beautiful nature areas and fun community events, the Town of Winfield has been one of the fastest growing communities in Indiana growing to nearly 8,000 residents today and still growing!