Notre Dame, Indiana

About Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN is a small unincorporated community located in northern Indiana.

Notre Dame holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.18 square miles.

📰 Notre Dame News Today

• Pope Leo names 3 Notre Dame-affiliated experts to advise major Vatican office National Catholic Reporter · Aug 18
• DiPrimio: Rebuilt and Reloaded – Soccer Hoosiers Open with Notre Dame Indiana University Athletics · Aug 18
• Several Notre Dame, Indiana players named to AP preseason All-America teams. Here’s who made the cut WNDU · Aug 18
• Notre Dame's wide receiver room remains unsettled, multiple sleepers earning surprising 2026 roles A to Z Sports · Aug 18
• Curt Cignetti fires back after Indiana takes heat for canceling Notre Dame series USA Today · Aug 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Notre Dame Unique

• The only place in America named Notre Dame — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Indiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of South Bend (2 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Notre Dame

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Notre Dame

• Cafe J — coffee shop (café)
• Charron Family Commons (café)
• Crossings — coffee shop (café)
• Decio Cafe — coffee shop (café)
• Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh — mediterranean
• Guadalupe's Mexican Grill
• Hagerty — coffee shop
• Ivan's Cafe — coffee shop (café)
• Modern Market — pizza
• Nick's Patio

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Potawatomi Zoo · Zoo
• Snite Museum · Museum
• Raclin Murphy Museum of Art · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Notre Dame

• Boehm Park reviews ★
• Charles B. Hayes Sculpture Park reviews ★
• Coquillard Park reviews ★
• Costello Cove reviews ★
• Edison Park reviews ★
• Fredrickson Park reviews ★
• Greenhouse Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Keller Park reviews ★
• Kelly Park reviews ★
• Nokomis Park reviews ★
• Our Lady of the Lake World Peace Plaza reviews ★
• Parkovash Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Notre Dame

🏘️ Nearby Communities