Porter County, IN

Headnote
PORTER COUNTY, situated on the northerly boundary of Indiana, with Lake Michigan on the north and Kankakee river on the south. Seat of justice, Valparaiso. Pop. in 1840, 2,162; in 1850, 5,234. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Indiana

Porter County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
PORTER COUNTY, situated on the northerly boundary of Indiana, with Lake Michigan on the north and Kankakee river on the south. Seat of justice, Valparaiso. Pop. in 1840, 2,162; in 1850, 5,234.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 298.
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