# Young America, Indiana

Young America is an unincorporated community in Deer Creek Township, Cass County, Indiana.

## History

Young America was platted about 1856. The town sprang up around a saw mill. When someone wrote "Young America" on the mill's boiler, to indicate the promise of the enterprise, the name stuck.
The Young America post office was established in 1876 and ceased operations in 2019.

## Geography
### Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Young America has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Young America was 101 °F (38.3 °C) on June 29, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded was −32 °F (−35.6 °C) on January 2nd, 2023.
Climate data for Young America, Indiana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 73 (23) | 85 (29) | 86 (30) | 96 (36) | 101 (38) | 100 (38) | 94 (34) | 95 (35) | 91 (33) | 79 (26) | 70 (21) | 101 (38) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 55.1 (12.8) | 56.7 (13.7) | 70.1 (21.2) | 79.8 (26.6) | 89.2 (31.8) | 89.6 (32.0) | 90.8 (32.7) | 89.9 (32.2) | 90.5 (32.5) | 83.4 (28.6) | 68.1 (20.1) | 58.0 (14.4) | 93.8 (34.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.9 (−0.1) | 35.9 (2.2) | 47.3 (8.5) | 60.4 (15.8) | 71.8 (22.1) | 80.3 (26.8) | 82.6 (28.1) | 81.2 (27.3) | 76.5 (24.7) | 64.2 (17.9) | 49.1 (9.5) | 36.9 (2.7) | 59.8 (15.5) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 24.2 (−4.3) | 27.8 (−2.3) | 37.9 (3.3) | 49.4 (9.7) | 61.1 (16.2) | 70.0 (21.1) | 72.3 (22.4) | 70.6 (21.4) | 64.3 (17.9) | 53.0 (11.7) | 40.4 (4.7) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 50.1 (10.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 16.5 (−8.6) | 19.8 (−6.8) | 28.5 (−1.9) | 38.4 (3.6) | 50.3 (10.2) | 59.7 (15.4) | 62.0 (16.7) | 59.9 (15.5) | 52.2 (11.2) | 41.8 (5.4) | 31.7 (−0.2) | 22.8 (−5.1) | 40.3 (4.6) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −5.2 (−20.7) | −3.7 (−19.8) | 12.4 (−10.9) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 34.5 (1.4) | 46.6 (8.1) | 50.7 (10.4) | 48.5 (9.2) | 39.9 (4.4) | 28.7 (−1.8) | 7.1 (−13.8) | 4.7 (−15.2) | −10.1 (−23.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −32 (−36) | −22 (−30) | −9 (−23) | 13 (−11) | 22 (−6) | 35 (2) | 42 (6) | 40 (4) | 31 (−1) | 23 (−5) | 2 (−17) | −11 (−24) | −32 (−36) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.52 (64) | 2.25 (57) | 2.63 (67) | 3.64 (92) | 3.94 (100) | 5.19 (132) | 5.14 (131) | 3.99 (101) | 3.37 (86) | 3.08 (78) | 3.08 (78) | 2.29 (58) | 41.12 (1,044) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.2 (21) | 7.3 (19) | 2.7 (6.9) | 0.6 (1.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.7 (1.8) | 5.1 (13) | 24.6 (63.2) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 6.0 (15) | 5.2 (13) | 2.6 (6.6) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.8 (2.0) | 3.5 (8.9) | 7.7 (20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.6 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 113.8 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.5 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 16.9 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006–2020) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

The United States Census Bureau delineated Young America as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey.