Porter County, Indiana Basics:
Porter County Indiana - Government Site
Population: 160,105
Area: 418 square miles
County Seat: Valparaiso
Area Code(s) in use: 219
Time Zone: CST
Porter County, Indiana
Map of the Porter County area
Our detail map of Porter County shows Porter County, Indiana boundary lines and other interesting items.
Places in Porter County, Indiana
Airport
Bodin Landing Strip, Carlson Farm Airport (historical), Porter County Municipal Airport, Wyckoff Airstrip
Building
Alumni Hall and Career Center, Brandt Hall, Center for Diaconal Ministry, Dickmeyer Hall, Domke Power House, Gellersen Center, Guild Hall, Heidbrink Hall, Heritage Hall, Huegli Hall, Kretzmann Hall, Kroencke Hall, Lankenau Hall, LeBien Hall, Linwood House, Loke Hall, Martin Luther King Cultural Center, Meier Hall, Memorial Hall, Memorial Opera House, Miller Hall, Moellering Library, Mueller Hall, Neils Science Center, Old Jail Museum, Porter County Administrative Center, Porter County Courthouse, Porter County Home, Porter County Jail (historical), Scheele Hall, Schnabel Hall, Shultz-Lewis Childrens Home, South Haven Branch Porter County Public Library, University Book Center, University Center for the Arts, Urschel Hall, Valparaiso City Hall, Valparaiso Family YMCA, Valparaiso Fire Station Number 1, Valparaiso Fire Station Number 2, Valparaiso Public Library, Valparaiso Union, Valplayso, Wehrenberg Hall, Wesemann Hall, Westchester Public Library
Canal
Ahlgrim Ditch, Block Ditch, Breyfogel Ditch, Brown Ditch, Cain Ditch, Carver Ditch, Clark Ditch, Cobb Ditch, Cook Ditch, Cornell Ditch, Greiger Ditch, Greiger Ditch, Hannon Ditch, Heimberg Ditch, Heinold Ditch, Henderson Ditch, Johnson Ditch, Jones Ditch, Keller Ditch, Kintzele Ditch, Kithcart Ditch, Koselke Ditch, Ludington Ditch, Lyon Ditch, Martin Ditch, Parker Ditch, Peregrine Ditch, Phillips Ditch, Pleasant Township Ditch, Pope-O'Conner Ditch, Portage-Burns Waterway, Reeves Ditch, Sandy Hook Ditch, Shooter Ditch, Slocum Ditch, Swanson Lamporte Ditch
Cemetery
Adam Cemetery, Bailly Cemetery, Blachly Cemetery, Blake Cemetery, Burstrom Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Carter Cemetery, Chesterton Cemetery, Cornell Cemetery, Eight Square Cemetery, Fleming Cemetery, Frame Cemetery, Furnessville Cemetery, Gossett Cemetery, Graceland Cemetery, Graceland Cemetery, Guernsey Cemetery, Hebron Cemetery, Hopewell Mennonite Cemetery, James Cemetery, Janes Cemetery, Kimball Cemetery, Kinne Cemetery, Ludington Cemetery, Luther Cemetery, Maplewood Cemetery, McCool Cemetery, Memorial Park Cemetery, Merriman Cemetery, Mosier Cemetery, Quakerdom Cemetery, Robbins Cemetery, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Saint Patricks Cemetery, Saint Pauls Cemetery, Shurr Cemetery, Stoner Cemetery, Suman Cemetery, Temple of Israel Cemetery of Gary, Union Street Cemetery, White Cemetery
Church
Adam Church (historical), Apostolic Church, Assembly of God Church, Augsburg Church, Bethel Baptist Church, Bible Baptist Church, Calvary Temple Church, Central Baptist Church, Central Christian Church, Chapel of the Resurrection, Chesterton Community Church, Christ Lutheran Church, Church of Christ, Church of Christ, Crocker Bible Baptist Church, Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Fairhaven Church, Faith Baptist Church, Faith Memorial Lutheran Church, Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Center of God Church, First Assembly of God Church, First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church (historical), First Baptist Church of South Haven, First Christian Church, First Church of Christ Scientist, First Church of the Nazarene, First Church of the Nazarene, First Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church (historical), First Southern Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church, First United Presbyterian Church, Grace Church, Heritage Lutheran Church, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Hope Church, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lake View Church, Liberty Bible Church, Lourds Grotto Church, Nativity of Our Saviour Catholic Church, Nazarene Church (historical), New Hope Church of God, New Life Wesleyan Church, Northwood Church, Ogden Dunes Community Church, Old North Church, Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Portage First United Methodist Church, Porter Assembly of God Church, Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Saint Anns Church, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Church, Saint Francis Episcopal Church, Saint Patricks Church, Saint Paul Catholic Church, Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Saint Pauls Roman Catholic Church (historical), Salem Church, Seven Dolors Grotto Church, Seven Dolors Shrine, Shults Memorial Chapel, South Haven Christian Church, South Haven Church of the Nazarene, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Open Door Baptist Church, The Way of Holiness Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, United Pentecostal Church, United Pentecostal Church, Valparaiso Mennonite Church, Washington Evangelical Free Church, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Wheeler United Methodist Church
Civil
Porter County, Township of Boone, Township of Center, Township of Jackson, Township of Liberty, Township of Morgan, Township of Pine, Township of Pleasant, Township of Portage, Township of Porter, Township of Union, Township of Washington, Township of Westchester
Crossing
Interchange 19, Interchange 3
Dam
Lake Louise Dam, Lake of the Woods Dam, Loomis Lake Dam, Norman Olson Lake Dam, Rice Lake Dam, Traekabas Mill Dam
Harbor
Burns International Harbor, Burns International Harbor, Burns Waterway Harbor, East Harbor Arm, West Harbor Arm
Hospital
Porter Memorial Hospital, Porter Memorial Hospital Medical Surgical Center, Valparaiso Surgery Center of Porter Memorial Hospital
Lake
Big Bass Lake, Billington Lake, Bulls-Eye Lake, Canada Lake, Carlson Pond, Chestnut Lakes, Chubb Lake, Clear Lake, Deep Lake, Dog Lake (historical), Flint Lake, Lake Charles, Lake Eliza, Lake Florence, Lake Minnehaha, Lake on the Green, Long Lake, Long Lake, Long Pond, Mar-Mac Lake, Morgan Lake, Moss Lake, Mud Lake, Mud Lake, Pratt Lake, Robbins Pond, Round Lake, Sagers Lake, Silver Lake, Spectacle Lake, Tommy Pond, Wauhob Lake
Locale
Airport Water Treatment Plant, Bailly Homestead (historical), Burns Harbor East Light, Burns Harbor North Light 2, Burns Harbor South Light 3, Burns Haror West Light 4, Burns Waterway East Jetty North Light, Burns Waterway East Jetty South Light, Burns Waterway East Pier Light, Burns Waterway West Pier Inner Light, Burns Waterway West Pier Outer Light, Butternut Springs Girl Scout Camp, Camp Lawrence, County Seat Plaza Shopping Center, Creekside Park Golf Course nd Training Center, Duck Creek Country Club, Elden Kuehl Pollution Control Facility, Forest Park Golf Course, Goodfellow Camp, Mink Lake Golf Course, North Porter County Government Complex, Pines Ski Area, Port of Indiana, Robbinhurst Golf Club, Sand Creek Country Club, Strongbow Centre Shopping Center, The Course at Aberdeen, Valparaiso Country Club, Valparaiso Market Place Shopping Center, Valparaiso Wastewater Treatment Plant
Park
Berkley Park, Bicentennial Park, Camp Farr, Chesterton Park, Coffee Creek Park, Countryside Park, Dogwood Park, Fairground Park, Forest Park, Foundation Meadows, Glenrose Park, Harbor Oaks Park, Haven Hollow Park, Hawthorne Park, Hickory Park, Imagination Glen Park, Indian Springs Park, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana Dunes State Park, Jesse-Pilfer Park, Kirchoff Park, Lakewood Park, Louis Alyea Memorial Park, Moraine Nature Preserve, Mound Street Park, Ogden Gardens, Olson Memorial Park, Perry Park, Porter County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, Rodgers-Lakewood Park, Thomds Centennial Park, Tower Park, Two Hundred East Park, West Beach Recreation Area, Westside Park, Will Park, Wolfe Park, Woodland Park
Populated Place
Aberdeen, Aylesworth, Babcock, Beatrice, Beverly Hill, Beverly Shores, Blackhawk Beach, Boone Grove, Brummitt Acres, Burdick, Burlington Beach, Burns Harbor, Chesterton, Clanricarde, Cobbs Corner, Coburg, Coolwood Acres, Crestview, Crisman, Crocker, Dune Acres, Dune Acres Station, Edgewater, Five Points Corner, Furnessville, Garyton, Gates Corner, Graham Woods, Haglund, Hebron, Hillcrest, Hurlburt, Kouts, Lake Eliza, Lake View, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Lincoln Hills, Long Lake Island, Malden, Marian Manor, McCool, Meadowbrook, Morgan Park, Northwood Park, Ogden Dunes, Portage, Porter, Porter Crossroads, Roble Woods, Sedley, Shady Side, Smoke Corner, South Haven, Suman, Sylvan Manor, Town of Pines, Tratebas Mill, Tremont, Valparaiso, Wake Robin Fields, Western Acres, Westhill, Wheeler, Willow Creek, Wilson, Woodville
Post Office
Chesterton Post Office, Valparaiso Post Office
Reservoir
Lake Louise, Loomis Lake, Mink Lake, Norman Olson Lake, Rice Lake
School
Bailly Elementary School, Banta Center, Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Boone Grove Elementary School, Boone Grove Junior-Senior High School, Brummitt Elementary School, Central Elementary School, Central High School, Chesterton Senior High School, Columbia School (historical), Cooks Corner Elementary School, Crisman Elementary School, Ethel R Jones Elementary School, Fairhaven School, Flint Lake Elementary School, Garner Public School (historical), George L Myers Elementary School, Hayes-Leonard Elementary School, Hebron Elementary School, Hebron Junior-Senior High School, Immanuel School, Ivy Technical State College Northwest, John Simatovich Elementary School, Kouts Elementary School, Kouts Junior-Senior High School, Liberty Elementary School, Liberty Intermediate School, Memorial Elementary School, Morgan Township School, Nativity of Our Saviour Catholic School, Newton Yost Elementary School, Northview Elementary School, Parkview Elementary School, Paul Saylor Elementary School, Portage Adult Education Center, Portage High School, Porter Lakes School, Rowena Kyle Elementary School, Saint Patricks School, Saint Paul School, South Haven Christian School, South Haven Elementary School, Special Education Learning Facility, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Thomas School (historical), Union Center Elementary School, Union Township Middle School, Valparaiso High School, Valparaiso High School (historical), Valparaiso Technical Institute (historical), Valparaiso University, Wallace Aylesworth Elementary School, Washington Township School, Westchester Intermediate School, Wheeler High School, William Fegely Middle School, Willowcreek Middle School
Spring
Butternut Springs
Stream
Beauty Creek, Chester Branch, Cobb Creek, Coffee Creek, Crisman Ditch, Crooked Creek, Crooked Creek, Damon Run, Deep River, Duck Creek, Dunes Creek, East Arm Little Calumet River, East Branch Stony Run, Krull Ditch, Pepper Creek, Peterson Ditch, Reynolds Creek, Robbins Ditch, Roper Ditch, Salt Creek, Samuelson Ditch, Sand Creek, Sievers Creek, Squirrel Creek, West Branch Crooked Creek, Willow Creek
Summit
Mount Holden, Mount Jackson, Mount Tom
Swamp
Cowles Bog, Hotter Lagoon, Moore Swamp
Tower
WAKE-AM (Valparaiso), WASK-FM (Lafayette), WAZY-FM (Lafayette), WIMS-AM (Michigan City), WJEF-FM (Lafayette), WNWI-AM (Valparaiso), WVUR-FM (Valparaiso), WXUS-FM (Lafayette)
Valley
Hungry Hollow
| Race | Population |
| White |  152,582 |
| Black | 3,697 |
| Asian | 1,729 |
| Mixed | 1,659 |
| American Indian | 401 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 37 |
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