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• Welcome to Porter County, IN & Porter County Government
• Porter County Directory
• History of Porter County, Indiana
  
• Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more.  Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.  This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
• Porter County Visitor's Center includes information about Historical Attractions.
• Porter County Genealogy at the Porter County Public Library by Larry Clark, Department Head.
• Porter County Genealogy - by Esther Frye
• 1850 Indiana Census Index for Porter County:-transcribed by Robert James Blake.
• Porter County Cemeteries.
• Gold Star Honor Roll: Some Porter county men that died in service during WWI
• countyhistory.com: for Porter County, by Ronald Branson!
• Indiana State Library.
   140 North Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN 46204-2296
• Indiana Cemetery Locator Database
• Indiana Biography Index
• Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
• WWII Servicemen Index
• Images from the County
• County Newspaper Holdings (in Indianapolis)
• Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society -  for Lake and Porter counties.
  
• 103 Jefferson Street - Valparaiso, IN 46383
• Publications.
• Northwest Indiana Views
• Historical Society of Porter County
Historical Society Museum
   153 Franklin Street, Valparaiso, IN 46383  Phone: (219) 465-3595.
   Hours: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
• DNR:  Lake Michigan's Home Page
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore - Porter, IN
• Great Lakes Science Center - in Ann Arbor, MI - Library &  History from 1871.
• Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station (Reports to Great Lakes Science Center.)
   1100 North Mineral Springs Road - Porter, Indiana 46304.
• Porter County Community & Business Links
• Porter County Business League.
• Welcome to Duneland
• City of Valparaiso, IN with History of Valparaiso & Porter County  & City Government departments & Links.
• The Post-Tribune News for Northwestern Indiana.
• Porter County Public Library - 103 Jefferson St. - Valparaiso, IN  46383
   Phone:  (219) 462-0524  E-mail: djohnson@pcpls.lib.in.us
• Porter County Genealogy - a library page.
• Valparaiso Public Library - 103 Jefferson St. -  Valparaiso, IN  46383
    Phone: (219) 462-0524  E-mail:  pnelson@pcpls.lib.in.us
Contacts to obtain many documents and cerified copies:
Porter County Health Department (For Birth and Death Records from 1882)
   1401 North Calumet Avenue - Valparaiso, IN 46383-3195  Phone:  (219) 465-3525
Porter County Government Offices & Locations
Court House - 16 E. Lincolnway - Valparaiso, IN 46383
    Circuit Court Phone: (219) 465-3425.
• Porter County Clerk's Office -
   Court House: 16 E. Lincolnway #209 - Valparaiso, IN 46383
    Clerk's Phone: (219) 465-3450.
• Porter County Circuit Court (For Marriage and Divorce Records)
   Court House: 16 E. Lincolnway #209 - Valparaiso, IN 46383
    Clerk's Phone: (219) 465-3450 and
    County Marriage Clerk: (219) 465-3453.
       Court House: 16 E. Lincolnway #217 - Valparaiso, IN 46383
• Porter County Recorder
   155 Indiana Ave # 210 - Valparaiso, IN 46383  Phone: (219) 465-3465. 

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Boone Township communities include: Hebron.
• Hebron Public Library - 201 West Sigler St. - Hebron, IN 46341
    Phone: (219) 996-3684


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Center Township communities include: Blackhawk Beach, Burlington Beach, Coolwood Acres, Crestview, Lincoln Hills, Marian Manor, Sylvan Manor and the City of Valparaiso.
• City of Valparaiso
• History of the City Flag
  
• Valparaiso's Mayors
• The Old Jail Museum
• 152 Franklin Street - Valparaiso, In 46383
  
• Historical Society of Porter County
• Historical Society Museum
  
  • 153 Franklin Street, Valparaiso, IN 46383  Phone: (219) 465-3595.
  • Hours: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
    
• Portage County Public Library System Homepage
• Valparaiso Public Library
• 103 Jefferson Street - Valparaiso, IN  46383   Phone: (219) 462-0524
  
• Genealogy Department
  

• Portage Public Library - 2665 Irving St. - Portage, IN  46368
•    Phone: (219) 763-1508  E-mail: nclark@pcpls.lib.in.us
• South Haven Public Library - 403 West 700 N - Valparaiso, IN 46385
•    Phone: (219) 759-4474  E-mail:  jthomas@pcpls.lib.in.us

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Jackson Township communities include: Beverly Hill, Burdick, Suman and Tratebas Mill.
• Assessor - Jackson Township
  
• Jackson Township Facts, by Janice Meyers - Jackson Township Trustee/Assessor and heritage in Jackson Twp. from 1869.



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Liberty Township communities include: Babcock, Crocker, Northwood Park, Roble Woods and Woodville.


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Morgan Township communities include: Malden and Smoke Corner.


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Pine Township communities include: Beverly Shores, Furnessville and Town of Pines.


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Portage Township communities include: Crisman, Garyton, McCool, Ogden Dunes, Portage, South Haven and Willow Creek.


• Historical Society of Porter County
• Historical Society Museum
  
  • 153 Franklin Street, Valparaiso, IN 46383  Phone: (219) 465-3595.
  • Hours: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
• Portage Public Library - 2665 Irving St. - Portage, IN  46368
•    Phone: (219) 763-1508  E-mail: nclark@pcpls.lib.in.us

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Porter Township communities include: Beatrice, Boone Grove, Cobbs Corner, Hurlburt, Lake Eliza and Porter Crossroads (Ludington).

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Pleasant Township communities include: Clanricarde and Kouts.
• Kouts Public Library - 101 East Daumer Road - Kouts, IN 46347
•     Phone: (219) 766-2271  E-mail: gvillars@niia.net

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Union Township communities include: Sedley and Wheeler.


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Washington Township communities include: Coburg.


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Westchester Township communities include: Burns Harbor, Chesterton, Graham Woods, Haglund, Morgan Park, Porter, Tremont, Western Acres.  The Indiana Dunes State Park and Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore are located on the Lake Michigan shore in Westchester Township.
• Westchester Public Library
  • 200 West Indiana Ave. - Chesterton, IN 46304
        Phone: (219) 926-7696.
• Westchester Township Historical Museum
   
• 700 Porter Avenue - Chesterton, IN 46304  Phone: (219) 983-9715.
• A Brief History of Westchester Township
• Duneland Historical Society - Phone contact: (219) 921-0963
   Meetings are held at the Westchester Public Library: 200 W. Indiana Ave., Chesterton, IN.

• Illustrated Historical Atlas of Porter County, Indiana, 1876.  A. G. Hardesty.  (Original Publisher).  with Combined Atlases of Porter County, Indiana, 1876, 1895, 1906, 1921.  Evansville, Indiana : Unigraphic, 1979.  (Gc 977.201 P83C).
Note: Reprint of the 1876 edition, bound with reprints of Lee and Lee's "Atlas of Porter County, Indiana", originally published in 1895, "Standard Atlas of Porter County, Indiana", originally compiled and published by Geo. A. Ogle & co. in 1906, and "Standard Atlas of Porter County, Indiana", originally compiled and published by Geo. A. Ogle & co. in 1921.

• Standard Atlas of Porter County, Indiana : including a plat book of the villages, cities and
townships of the county ... Patron's directory, reference business directory ...  Geo. A. Ogle & Co.  (Compiler and Publisher).  Chicago, Illinois : The Company, 1921.  (Gc 977.201 P83O).
• Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical. W.A. Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard.  (Editors).  Chicago, Illinois : F.A. Battey, 1882.
• Index to part 1, pages 11-230, Porter County, Indiana of the the book "Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, historical and biographical, W.A. Goodspeed, Charles Blanchard, editors, Chicago, F.A. Battey, 1882".  Marvin Phares.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana, [n.d.]  (Gc 977.201 P83GA).
• History of Porter County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.  Lewis Publishing Company.  (Author).  Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Pub. Co., 1912.  (Gc 977.201 P83HI V.1).
• History of Porter County, Indiana [index to v. 2 (biographical)] ...Chicago, Lewis Pub., [1912?]  (Gc 977.201 P83HIA).
• This is Porter County, Indiana : an up-to-date Historical Narrative with County and Township Maps and Many Unique Aerial Photographs of Cities, Towns, Villages and Farmsteads.   John Drury.  (Author).  Chicago, Illinois : Inland Photo Co., 1956.   (Gc 977.201 P83DR).
• Index to Porter County, Indiana Naturalizations 1849 to 1955.  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1991.  (Gc 977.201 P83IND).
• Jackson & Pine township, Westchester township Cemeteries, Porter County, IN : each Row by Row, each Alphabetical Jackson, Pine & Westchester Township indexes (maried/maiden names).
Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1997.  (Gc 977.201 P83AS).
• Boone Township Cemeteries, Porter County, IN : Each Row by Row.  Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, IN : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1997.  (Gc 977.201 P83N).
• Portage Township Cemeteries : Porter County, IN : Row by Row : Each Alphabetical : Portage
Township Alphabetical (maiden/married names) : small cemeteries, Blake Cemetery, Friars Cemetery, James/Schrock Cemetery, McCool Cemetery, Robbins Cemetery, Temple Beth-el
Cemetery, Temple Israel Cemetery.  Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1995.  (Gc 977.201 P83PP).
• Porter Township Cemeteries : Porter County, IN : row by row : each alphabetical : Salem Cemetery alphabetical, Porter Township alphabetical : small cemeteries, Fleming Cemetery, Frame Cemetery, Guernsey Cemetery, Lantz/Shurr/Fehrman Cemetery, Lee/Jones/Boone Grove Cemetery, Ludington Cemetery, Merriman Cemetery, Miller/Quinn/Glenn Kingery Cemetery, Robinson Cemetery, Salem Cemetery.    Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1995.  (Gc 977.201 P83PN).
• Center township Cemeteries, Valparaiso, IN, Porter County, IN ; row by row, each alphabetical (married/maiden names), Center Township cemeteries index.    Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1995.  (Gc 977.201 P83CE).
• Sacred Heart Cemetery (Catholic), Porter County, Indiana.  Franklin J. Hassmer.  (Author).  [n.p., 19--]  (Gc 977.201 P83HAS).
• St. Patrick Cemetery (Catholic), Chesterton, Indiana, Porter County.  Franklin J. Hassmer.  (Compiler).  [n.p., 1969?]  (Gc 977.202 C42H).
• Calvary Cemetery, 2701 Willowdale Road, Portage, IN : 1914-1995 : Portage Township, Porter County, IN : alphabetical index (married/maiden names).    Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1995.  (Gc 977.202 P82C).
• Morgan Township & Union Township cemeteries, Porter County, IN : row by row, each alphabetical, Union Township Alphabetical : Morgan Township, small cemeteries, Adams Cemetery, White Cemetery : Union Township, small cemeteries, Blachly Cemetery, Janes Cemetery, Mosier Cemetery, Sedley Cemetery.  Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1994.  (Gc 977.201 P83MO).
• Liberty Township cemeteries, Porter Co., IN : Row by Row :  each Alphabetical : Liberty Township alphabetical.    Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1994.  (Gc 977.201 P83LI).
• Washington Township Cemeteries, Porter Co., IN.  Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1993.  (Gc 977.201 P83WA).
• Cemeteries, Kouts, IN : row by row, each alphabetical, Pleasant Township alphabetical : Porter Co., Pleasant Township.    Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.  (Compiler).  Valparaiso, Indiana : Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, 1993.  (Gc 977.202 K84C).
• Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer.  First Edition, Second Printing.  Yarmouth, Maine:  Delorme.  1998.
• School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.