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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 ...
The Porter County Museum (PoCo Muse) is a museum that is located at 20 Indiana Avenue, Valparaiso, Indiana. From May 11, 1975, until March 12, 2020, the museum was located in the old Porter County Jail and sheriffs residence , located at 153 Franklin Street Valparaiso, Indiana , across the street from its current home.
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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 ...
The marker reads, Oldest Village in Northern Indiana * A French mission and Trading Post – 1673 - Post Office Established – 1837 * John Jones, P.M. * Incorporated as a Village 1852 by Joseph Bartholomew and Jesse Spencer. It was created and placed through the efforts of the historical society of Porter County, Duneland Historical Society.
"A Biographical History of Porter County", unpublished manuscript, American Revolution Bicentennial Committee of Porter County, Indiana. Collection of Westchester Public Library, Chesterton, IN, 1976. Includes essays by Terry Dietz and Oral Smith. Drury, John. Porter County. Chicago: Inland Photo Co., 1956.
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. This homestead, begun in 1834, is one of the only surviving elements of the once-significant fur trade in the region. [ 3 ]
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.