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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