Northern Indiana
Northern Indiana is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern third of the U.S. state of Indiana and borders the states of Illinois to the west, Michigan to the north, and Ohio to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Fort Wayne and South Bend.
Fort Wayne
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Fort Wayne is a city in the northeastern part of Indiana, a state of the United States of America. It is 30 minutes from the western Ohio border and 70 minutes from the southern border of Michigan.
South Bend
South Bend is in Northern Indiana. The city's name is drawn from the fact that it's situated on the southernmost bend in the St. Joseph River. Together with neighboring Mishawaka they form a continuous urban area of about 325,000.
Goshen
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Goshen is a city of 34,000 people in northern Indiana. The city is known as a major recreational vehicle and accessories manufacturing center, the home of Goshen College, a small Mennonite liberal arts college, and the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, one of the largest county fairs in the United States.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Elkhart and Mishawaka.
Elkhart
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Elkhart is the third largest city in Northern Indiana, and is just east of South Bend along the Indiana Toll Road.
Mishawaka
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Mishawaka is in Northern Indiana. The town is named after Princess Mishawaka of the Potowatomi tribe. Its adjacent twin city is South Bend, Indiana, which is west of the city.
Plymouth
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Plymouth is a city and the county seat of Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population is 10,214 in the 2020 census. Plymouth was the site of the first retail outlet of defunct U.S. retailer Montgomery Ward in 1926.
Peru
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Peru is a city in, and the county seat of, Miami County, Indiana, United States. It is 73 miles north of Indianapolis. The population was 11,073 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous community in Miami County.
Logansport
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Logansport is a small city in Northern Indiana. It was named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, or Captain Logan. It was a center for both canal and rail traffic since its founding in 1826, and commands a prominent location at the confluence of the Eel and Wabash Rivers.
Angola
Angola is a town of 9,300 people and the county seat of Steuben County in Northern Indiana. It is the home of Trine University.
Huntington
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Huntington, known as the "Lime City", is the largest city in and the county seat of Huntington County, Indiana, United States. It is in Huntington and Union townships.
Rochester
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Rochester is the county seat of Fulton County, Indiana, USA, and is the only city there. Its name comes from the much larger city in New York, USA. Its proximity to South Bend and Fort Wayne makes it a handy place to stay and maybe visit if everything closer is taken, without being too far away or too expensive.
Auburn
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Auburn is a city in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,412 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1836 by Wesley Park, the city is the county seat of DeKalb County. Auburn is also known as Home of the Classics.
Monticello
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Monticello is a city in and the county seat of White County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,508 at the 2020 census. Monticello is known as a tourist destination in north-central Indiana and is home to the Indiana Beach amusement park on Lake Shafer, and Lake Freeman.
Syracuse
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Syracuse is a small city in Northern Indiana. At the northern shore of Lake Wawasee, Indiana's largest lake. Syracuse is also the nearest municipality for visitors and summer residents to Wawasee for grocery and drug stores, automobile repair, banking, and bars or taverns.
Shipshewana
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Shipshewana is a town in Newbury Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 658 at the 2010 census. It is the location of the Menno-Hof Amish & Mennonite Museum, which showcases the history of the Amish and Mennonite peoples.
Mentone
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Mentone is a town in Harrison and Franklin townships, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Mentone is the self-proclaimed "Egg Basket of the Midwest" because of prolific commercial egg production in the area, and holds an Egg Festival annually in early June to celebrate its heritage.
Chain O’ Lakes State Park
Chain O'Lakes is an Indiana state park on 2,718 acres in Noble County, Indiana, in the United States. The park is located near the towns of Albion and Avilla and is 19 miles northwest of the northeastern Indiana's major city, Fort Wayne.Northern Indiana
- Type: region
- Description: region of Indiana, United States
- Also known as: “North Indiana”
- Location: Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
41.16° or 41° 9′ 36″ northLongitude of center
-85.94° or 85° 56′ 24″ westWikidata ID
Q7058433
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In Other Languages
“Northern Indiana” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “印第安那州北部”
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