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604 feet (184 m) [1] Long Lake is a large interdunal wetland in the Indiana Dunes region of Northwest Indiana. It was originally approximately 8 miles in length, but has been shortened due to development and drainage. [2] It has a surface area of 34 hectares, and a maximum depth of 1.8 meters. [3] There are three small islands, and the total ...
Valparaiso (/ ˌ v æ l p ə ˈ r eɪ z oʊ / val-pə-RAY-zoh), colloquially Valpo, is a city and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. [4] The population was 34,151 at the 2020 census .
West Boggs Lake, Daviess and Martin counties. West Otter Lake, Steuben County. Westler Lake LaGrange County. Whippoorwill Lake. Williams Lake, Noble County. Winona Lake, in the town of Winona Lake, Indiana. Witmer Lake, LaGrange County. Wolf Lake (also extends into Illinois) Lake Woodland, Hamilton County.
Porter County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 173,215, making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. [ 5 ] The county seat is Valparaiso. [ 6 ] The county is part of Northwest Indiana, as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. Porter County is the site of much of the Indiana Dunes, an area of ...
Salt Creek is a 24.0-mile-long (38.6 km) [2] tributary of the East Arm Little Calumet River that begins south of Valparaiso in Porter County, Indiana and flows north until it joins the East Arm Little Calumet River just before it exits to Lake Michigan via the Port of Indiana-Burns Waterway. [1] Map of Salt Creek Watershed
List of counties in Indiana. There are 92 counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. Each county serves as the local level of government within its borders. Although Indiana was organized into the United States since the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, its land was not always available for settlement. The Vincennes Tract, Clark's Grant and an area ...
As of 2021, Indiana's 1st congressional district is composed of Lake (pop. 496,005) and Porter (pop. 164,343) counties as well as part of LaPorte County (pop. 111,467), which is also partly within Indiana's 2nd district. Michigan City and five townships (Clinton, Coolspring, Dewey, New Durham, and Springfield) exist entirely in the 1st district.
City West. City West was a community of 15-20 households platted at the mouth of Fort Creek, in the present-day Indiana Dunes State Park. Founded and platted in 1836, it collapsed in the aftermath of the panic of 1837, and was fully abandoned by 1839. The remaining buildings were destroyed by fire in 1854.