County Past
Home › Indiana › LaPorte County

LaPorte County, Indiana

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
35historic places
—earliest paper
1832formed
112,417pop. 2020
25cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 35 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Michigan City, LaPorte, La Porte.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Indiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse LaPorte titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

21 of 35 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

35 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ames Family HomesteadLa PorteDistrict2012
Barker HouseMichigan CityBuilding2001
Barker, John H., MansionMichigan CityBuilding1975
Burnham, John and Isabel, HouseLong BeachBuilding2013
Cedar LodgeLaPorteBuilding2025
Downtown LaPorte Historic DistrictLaPorteDistrict1983
Elston Grove Historic DistrictMichigan CityDistrict2013
First Congregational Church of Michigan CityMichigan CityBuilding2001
Forrester, James and Lavinia, FarmsteadLaPorteBuilding2017
Franklin Street Commercial Historic DistrictMichigan CityDistrict2013
Frost, Dr. Robert and Amelia, HouseMichigan CityBuilding2020
Garrettson-Baine-Bartholomew HouseMichigan CityBuilding2001
Garwood, John and Cynthia, FarmsteadLa PorteBuilding2012
Haskell and Barker Historic DistrictMichigan CityDistrict2014
Hoover-Timme HouseLong BeachBuilding2013
Indiana and Michigan Avenues Historic DistrictLa PorteDistrict2014
Jackson, Lowell E. and Paula G., HouseLong BeachBuilding2013
Jaworowski, George and Adele, HouseDuneland BeachBuilding2013
Long Beach SchoolLong BeachBuilding2019
MUSKEGON Shipwreck SiteMichigan CitySite1989
Michigan City Breakwater LightMichigan CityStructure2017
Michigan City East Pierhead Light Tower and Elevated WalkMichigan CityStructure1988
Michigan City LighthouseMichigan CityBuilding1974
Michigan City Post OfficeMichigan CityBuilding2000
Morrison, Francis H., HouseLaPorteBuilding1984
Orr, William, HouseLaPorteBuilding1984
Pinehurst HallLaPorteBuilding1976
Pinhook Methodist Church and CemeteryLaPorteBuilding2009
Ridgeway, Marion, Polygonal BarnLaPorteBuilding1993
Scott-Rumley HouseLa PorteBuilding2016
Smith, Everel S., HouseWestvilleBuilding1990
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Carmel Chapel and Carmel CemeteryLaPorteBuilding2021
Tryon FarmMichigan CityBuilding2020
Washington ParkMichigan CityDistrict1991
Wynkoop-Taylor-Swanson-Sharp FarmsteadLa PorteBuilding2017

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

La Porte was formed in 1832 (1832-04-01) from St.

LA PORTE created from ST. JOSEPH and from Non-County Area 14 attached to ST. JOSEPH.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

LaPorte County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

112k60k8,1841840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,18422,91930,98538,38650,44363,66076,80895,111108,632110,106112,417

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
induPark unit31.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

25 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed
NameLatLon
Beattys Corner Cemetery41.61459-86.89329
Cross Cemetery41.66892-86.83836
Eaheart Cemetery41.55584-86.87233
Foster Cemetery41.73814-86.63757
Greenwood Cemetery41.70364-86.88336
Heckman Memorial Cemetery41.75254-86.66585
Lows Cemetery41.65828-86.82041
Miller Griffin Cemetery41.63493-86.66503
Miriam Benedict Cemetery41.51855-86.86563
Morgan Cemetery41.404-86.8357
Oak Grove Cemetery41.31301-86.91136
Patton Cemetery41.60503-86.70613
Pine Lake Cemetery41.63744-86.74182
Quaker Cemetery41.62976-86.71458
Rossburg Cemetery41.68196-86.71462
Saint John Kanty Catholic Cemetery41.7098-86.59269
Saint Johns Cemetery41.5999-86.72067
Saint Josephs Cemetery41.59989-86.72061
Saint Martins Cemetery41.34076-86.86816
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery41.70168-86.88028
Sauktown Cemetery41.63131-86.52597
Sharp Cemetery41.64476-86.85585
Shippeeburg Cemetery41.73574-86.70828
Swan Lake Memorial Gardens41.69412-86.8331
Teeter Cemetery41.7098-86.60644
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Carmel41.4806-86.40418

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

Marker text and photos from the Historical Marker Database (HMdb) are not embedded here. HMdb allows non-commercial reuse with attribution, but commercial/compensated use needs written permission; this is a commercial site, so we only link out.

Search HMdb for LaPorte County, Indiana

Terms: hmdb.org/copyright.asp. Linking is encouraged by HMdb.