Schererville

History

Long before Indiana became a state, long before the founding of Schererville, people called the area the "Crossroads," as several Native American trails intersected here, that later became routes for the wagons of settlers traveling west. One of those settlers was Nicholas Scherer, who was born in 1830 at Scheuern, today part of Tholey, Saarland, in southwestern Germany, who arrived in the U.S. in 1846. When he came to this place at the southern tip of Lake Michigan in 1865, he founded the community that bears his name. Schererville was incorporated as a town in 1911. Today, trails still cross at Schererville, the modern trails of a motorized society, U.S. Highways 41 and 30. Nearby are newer trails, I-80/94 and I-65. All these are primary transcontinental routes and gives Schererville its slogan: "Crossroads of the Nation." Schererville's former Town Council President, Perry Ferrini, died on December 13, 2009. The Town Council's new president became Jerry Tippy, and the vacant seat held by Perry was filled by Sharon Moore on January 9, 2010. The town of Schererville celebrated its sesquicentennial in September 2016.

Geography

Schererville is located at (41.489135, -87.443137) in Lake County, Indiana. Schererville is 11 miles south of the Lake Michigan shore and 2 miles east of the Indiana/Illinois state line. Considered part of the Chicago metropolitan area and located just 30 miles from Chicago, Schererville is considered a suburb of this municipality. Many residents commute daily for school and work. According to the 2010 census, Schererville has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.36%) is water. One of Schererville's neighborhoods, Briar Ridge, spans both Schererville and adjacent Dyer. The ridge south of Route 30 is the Glenwood Shoreline.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Lake Central High School
  High · Saint John · 3,069 students · 20.2:1 ratio
• Crown Point High School
  High · Crown Point · 2,948 students · 22.5:1 ratio
• Merrillville High School
  High · Merrillville · 2,042 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Hammond Central High School
  High · Hammond · 1,863 students · 19.4:1 ratio
• Morton Senior High School
  High · Hammond · 1,609 students · 18.5:1 ratio
• Munster High School
  High · Munster · 1,564 students · 18.4:1 ratio
• 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary
  Other · Gary · 1,337 students · 11.6:1 ratio
• Gary Lighthouse Charter School
  Other · Gary · 1,127 students · 14.8:1 ratio