Westchester Township
Westchester Township is one of twelve townships in Porter County, Indiana. It is included in the Calumet, Northwest Indiana, and Great Lakes regions. It is located on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, about 50 miles southeast of Chicago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 20,600 residents
- Description: township in Porter County, Indiana
- Also known as: “Township of Westchester” and “Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Dunes Visitor Center.
Indiana Dunes National Park
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Indiana Dunes National Park, in the northwestern part of the state, is the only national park in Indiana. It's popular for its big sand dunes and plentiful beaches on Lake Michigan, and for its easily accessible location near Chicago.
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center
Tourism office
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Indiana Dunes Visitor Center is a tourism office.
Dune Park station
Railway station
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Dune Park is a station in Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, located north of the municipalities of Chesterton and Porter. It is used by South Shore Line trains, and serves as the headquarters of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, the umbrella agency that operates the South Shore Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chesterton and Porter.
Chesterton
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Chesterton is a small town in Northwestern Indiana, home to the headquarters of the South Shore Railroad.
Porter
Porter is an old railroad town just south of the Indiana Dunes National Park in Northwestern Indiana.Dune Acres
Village
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Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan.
Westchester Township
- Category: township of Indiana
- Location: Porter, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Westchester Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Westchester udalerria, Porter konderria (Indiana)”
- Basque: “Westchester udalerria, Porter konderria”
- Chinese: “威徹斯特鎮區 (印地安納州波特縣)”
- Chinese: “威徹斯特鎮區”
- German: “Westchester Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Westchester (condado de Porter, Indiana)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Westchester”
- Turkish: “Westchester Township”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ چیسٹر ٹاؤن شپ، پورٹر کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ چیسٹر ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Westchester, Quận Porter, Indiana”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Westchester”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Hawthorne Park and Pratt Lake.
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