Chesterton
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town in Porter County, Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Porter
- Townships
- Westchester , Jackson , Liberty , Pine
- Incorporated town
- May 4, 1899
- Type
- Town Council
- President
- Sharon Darnell ( D , 4th)
- Council members
- James G. Ton( R , 1st), Erin Collins ( D , 2nd), Dane Lafata ( D , 3rd), Jennifer Fisher ( R , 5th)
- Clerk treasurer
- Courtney Udvare ( D )
- Total
- 9.49 sq mi (24.59 km )
- Land
- 9.38 sq mi (24.30 km )
- Water
- 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km )
- Elevation
- 643 ft (196 m)
- Density
- 1,518.0/sq mi (586.09/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 18-12412
- Website
- www .chestertonin .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chesterton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Porter County
- Population
- 14241
- Area
- 24.462232
- Elevation
- 195
- Official website
- www.chestertonin.org
- Image
- Aerial view of Chesterton and Porter, Indiana, October 2024.JPG
- Households
- 5405
- Dialing code
- 219
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- postal code
- 46304
- Commons category
- Chesterton, Indiana
- inception
- 1899-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.1911
- per capita income
- 42773
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Encyclopedic overview
Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships in Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 14,242 at the 2020 Census. The three towns of Chesterton, Burns Harbor, and Porter are known as the Duneland area.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chesterton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.