LaPorte County Is Up For Adoption!

LaPorte was established on January 29, 1832, it's county seat is LaPorte. It was named LaPorte, which means the door or the port in French.

This county is available for adoption. If you are interested in adopting the county or if you have data you would like to submit for this site, please contact me by clicking on the link "Contact Me" in the top menu above [[email protected]]. Becoming a county administrator is very rewarding.

There are many kinds of data you can submit, both large amounts and small. Any thing from a complete database to just a family group sheet of your own family. Bibles, bios, cemetery, church records census, land, military, newspaper snippets, obits, school materials, or vital records are welcome. There are many other types of records that I probably am missing right now, but all would be a much appreciated addition to this county.

Neighboring counties are: Berrien County, Michigan, St. Joseph County, Starke County, Jasper County and Porter County.

Cities, towns and unincorporated places: Alida, Birchim, Byron, Door Village, Duneland Beach, Fish Lake, Hanna, Hesston, Holmesville, Hudson Lake, Kingsbury, Kingsford Heights, LaCrosse, Lake Park, La Porte, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michigan City, Mill Creek, Otis, Pinhook, Pinola, Plainfield, Pottawattamie Park, Riverside, Rolling Prairie, Salem Heights, Smith, South Center, South Wanatah, Springfield, Stillwell, Thomaston, Tracy, Trail Creek, Union Mills, Wanatah, Waterford, Wellsboro, Westville and Wilders.

La Porte County Townships are: Cass, Center, Clinton, Coolspring, Dewey, Galena, Hanna, Hudson, Johnson, Kankakee, Lincoln, Michigan, New Durham, Noble, Pleasant, Prairie, Scipio, Springfield, Union, Washington and Wills.

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Cemeteries
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