Porter
Porter is an old railroad town just south of the Indiana Dunes National Park in Northwestern Indiana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 5,310 residents
- Description: town in Indiana, USA
- Also known as: “Porter, IN” and “Porter, Indiana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Joseph Bailly Homestead and Indiana Dunes Visitor Center.
Joseph Bailly Homestead
Historic site
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Bailly Homestead is preserved by the National Park Service in Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana.
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Indiana Dunes Visitor Center is a tourism office.
Bailly Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bailly Cemetery is a cemetery located at Indiana Dunes National Park in Porter, Indiana, US. The cemetery is three-quarters of a mile north of the Joseph Bailly Homestead on the edge of a sand ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chesterton and Dune Acres.
Chesterton
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chesterton is a small town in Northwestern Indiana, home to the headquarters of the South Shore Railroad.
Dune Acres
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
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. Dune Acres is situated 2½ miles north of Porter.
Porter
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Westchester Township, Porter, Northwestern Indiana, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.6157° or 41° 36′ 56″ northLongitude
-87.0742° or 87° 4′ 27″ westPopulation
5,310Elevation
640 feet (195 metres)United Nations Location Code
US PWOOpen location code
86HJJW8G+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 153562541OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Porter” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورتر (إنديانا)”
- Arabic: “بورتر”
- Basque: “Porter”
- Catalan: “Porter”
- Cebuano: “Porter”
- Chechen: “Портер”
- Chinese: “Porter”
- Chinese: “波特”
- Dutch: “Porter”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتر”
- French: “Porter”
- German: “Porter”
- Gilaki: “پؤرتر (اينديانا)”
- Gilaki: “پؤرتر”
- Haitian: “Porter, Indiana”
- Haitian: “Porter”
- Italian: “Porter”
- Japanese: “ポーター”
- Ladin: “Porter”
- Mazanderani: “پورتر”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Porter”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porter”
- Norwegian: “Porter”
- Polish: “Porter”
- Portuguese: “Porter”
- Serbian: “Porter”
- Serbian: “Портер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Porter, Indiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Porter”
- Spanish: “Porter (Indiana)”
- Spanish: “Porter”
- Tatar: “Портер”
- Ukrainian: “Портер”
- Uzbek: “Porter”
- Volapük: “Porter”
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