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Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana

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Soil Survey of Porter County, Indiana; USDA, Soil Conservation Service, Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, Indiana Department of natural Resources, Soil and Water Conservation Committee; February
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Porter Township was originally called Fish Lake Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1838. The name was changed to Porter Township in 1841.
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History of Porter County, Indiana : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests
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Looking west across the cornfields from Smoke Road at the old (abandoned) Erie-Lackawanna Railroad ROW
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Porter County, Indiana Sesquicentennial, 150, 1836-1986
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41°23′28″N 87°09′10″W / 41.39111°N 87.15278°W / 41.39111; -87.15278
Country
United States
United States
State
Indiana
Indiana
County
Porter
Indiana township
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
Area code
219
FIPS code
GNIS
453760
townships
Porter County, Indiana
2010 census
1890
1900
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1920
1930

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