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Porter is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The population was 5,210 as of the 2020 census . Porter is in the Indiana Dunes ecosystem, which played a role in the creation of The Nature Conservancy, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and inspired conservation efforts.
The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana. The Homestead was the home of Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Bailly de Messein (1774-1835), one of the first permanent white settlers in Northwest Indiana.
Location of Porter County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Porter County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Porter County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Porter County is part of Indiana's 1st congressional district. In state government, Porter County is in Indiana Senate districts 4th, 5th and 6th; in Indiana House of Representatives districts 3rd, 4th, 10th, 19th and 20th. For most of its history, Porter County was a Republican Party stronghold in presidential elections.
Porter Town Hall is a historic town hall located at Porter, Porter County, Indiana. It was built in 1913, and is a two-story, square Bungalow / American Craftsman style red brick building. An addition was built in 1964.
Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships in Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [5] The population was 14,241 at the 2020 Census. The three towns of Chesterton, Burns Harbor, and Porter are known as the Duneland area. [7] [8] [9] [10]
Larsen Farm House, 750 Howe Road, Porter, Indiana. The Pete Larsen Farm is an historic site in Porter County, Indiana. The property was purchased from the Bailly Homestead by F. Burstrom in the early 1870s. [1] Swedish immigrant Peter Larson was a successful carpenter from Chicago. He was a construction supervisor and spent little time at the ...
Location of Porter County in Indiana. This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Porter County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Porter County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude ...