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Porter

Porter County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of 2020, the population was 173,215, making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat is .
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  • Type: County with 173,000 residents
  • Description: county in Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Porter County”, “Porter County, IN”, and “Porter County, Indiana”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Porter County Memorial Opera Hall and Christopher Center.

Theater building
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Porter County Memorial Hall, also known as Memorial Opera House, is an historic Grand Army of the Republic memorial hall located in , United States.

Library
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Library is the library on the campus of Valparaiso University in . The is Valparaiso's fourth library and replaces the former Henry F.

Courthouse
is in , Porter County, Indiana. The current building replaced the brick building in 1883. The current building is 128 feet by 98 feet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valparaiso and Aberdeen.

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of 43,000 people in Porter County, in . It is home to namesake University. The university is a cultural center of the city, hosting venues such as the Brauer Museum of Art, home to more than 2,700 pieces of 19th- and 20th century American art…

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , Porter County, in the U.S. state of . The community centers on The Course at , a golf course. The population of the CDP was 2,117 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,875 in the 2010 census.

Porter

Latitude
41.4457° or 41° 26′ 45″ north
Longitude
-87.0725° or 87° 4′ 21″ west
Population
173,000
Elevation
843 feet (257 metres)
Open location code
86HJCWWH+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316954343
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4925020
Wiki­data ID
Q506752
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Porter” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Porter County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بورتر”
  • Armenian: “Փորտեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Porter”
  • Basque: “Porter konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Porter County, Indiana”
  • Bavarian: “Porter County”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোর্টের কাউন্টি, ইন্ডিয়ানা”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোর্টের কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Портър”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Porter”
  • Cebuano: “Porter County”
  • Chechen: “Портер (гуо, Индиана)”
  • Chechen: “Портер”
  • Chinese: “Porter Kūn”
  • Chinese: “波特县”
  • Chinese: “波特縣 (印地安納州)”
  • Chinese: “波特縣”
  • Chinese: “波特郡”
  • Dutch: “Porter County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Porter”
  • Estonian: “Porteri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Porterin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Porter”
  • French: “Comté de Porter”
  • Georgian: “პორტერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Porter County”
  • Gilaki: “پرتر ٚ شأرستان (اينديانا)”
  • Gilaki: “پرتر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Πόρτερ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Πόρτερ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פורטר”
  • Hindi: “पोर्टर काउंटी, इंडियाना”
  • Hindi: “पोर्टर काउंटी”
  • Hungarian: “Porter megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Porter”
  • Italian: “contea di Porter”
  • Italian: “Contea di Porter”
  • Japanese: “ポーター郡”
  • Korean: “포터군”
  • Low German: “Porter County”
  • Mazanderani: “پرتر شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Porter Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porter County i Indiana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porter County”
  • Norwegian: “Porter County”
  • Ossetian: “Портер (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Портер”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پرتر، ایندیانا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پرتر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Porter”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Porter”
  • Russian: “округ Портер”
  • Russian: “Портер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Porter”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Porter County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Портер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porter County, Indiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Porter County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Porter”
  • Slovenian: “Porter County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پورتر بؤلگه‌سی، ایندیانا”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Porter, Indiana”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Porter”
  • Swedish: “Porter County”
  • Tatar: “Портер (округ, Индиана)”
  • Tatar: “Портер”
  • Turkish: “Porter County, IN”
  • Turkish: “Porter County, Ind.”
  • Turkish: “Porter County, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Porter County”
  • Turkish: “Porter ilçesi, IN”
  • Turkish: “Porter ilçesi, Ind.”
  • Turkish: “Porter ilçesi, Indiana”
  • Turkish: “Porter ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Портер”
  • Urdu: “پورٹر کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا”
  • Urdu: “پورٹر کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Porter”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Porter, Indiana”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Porter”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Porter, Indiana”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Porter”
  • Welsh: “Porter County, Indiana”
  • Welsh: “Porter County”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Memorial Park Cemetery and Zao Island.

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