Headnote
LA PORTE COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Indiana, with Lake Michigan on the northwest. Area, 460 square miles. Seat of justice, La Porte. Pop. in 1840, 8,184; in 1850, 12,145. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Indiana

LaPorte County, Indiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
LA PORTE COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Indiana, with Lake Michigan on the northwest. Area, 460 square miles. Seat of justice, La Porte. Pop. in 1840, 8,184; in 1850, 12,145.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 184.
Date Title
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “The Voice of Indiana,” January 28, 1860
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