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La Porte
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city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- LaPorte
- Townships
- Center , Kankakee , Pleasant , Scipio
- Mayor
- Tom Dermody (R)
- Total
- 12.68 sq mi (32.84 km )
- Land
- 11.92 sq mi (30.88 km )
- Water
- 0.76 sq mi (1.97 km )
- Elevation
- 801 ft (244 m)
- Density
- 1,884.9/sq mi (727.77/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 46350, 46352
- Fips code
- 18-42246
- Website
- www .cityoflaporte .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- La Porte
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- LaPorte County
- Population
- 22471
- Area
- 32.039965
- Elevation
- 248
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- LaPorte County
- Official website
- www.cityoflaporte.com
- Image
- Aerial view of La Porte, Indiana, October 2024.JPG
- Households
- 9183
- Dialing code
- 219
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- Commons category
- La Porte, Indiana
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in La Porte, Indiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from La Porte, Indiana
- inception
- 1832-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:La Porte, Indiana
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in La Porte, Indiana
- water as percent of area
- 5.7418
- per capita income
- 23271
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- postal code
- 46350
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
La Porte (from French 'the door') is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, Illinois–Indiana–Wisconsin combined statistical area.
La Porte is located in northwest Indiana, east of Gary, and west of South Bend. It was first settled by European Americans in 1832. The city is twinned with Grangemouth in Scotland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Porte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.