County
· Indiana
Porter County
Porter County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 173,215, making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat is Valparaiso. The county is part of Northwest Indiana, as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. Porter County is the site of much of the Indiana Dunes, an area of ecological significance. The Hour Glass Museum in Ogden Dunes documents the region's ecological significance.
Governance bodies
Matters.
Civic topics anchored here. Each matter tracks an issue across the agenda items where it appears.
View matters
Discover boards from CivicClerk.
Bring in additional commissions, committees, or boards that publish
meetings through CivicClerk.
Log in to contribute →
Organizations on the platform
No one is tracking Porter County on The Civic Record yet.
Documents, meetings, and matters will appear here once an organization claims this jurisdiction.
Sign up to start tracking it.
Cities and towns 11
- City of Portage pop. 38,192
- City of Valparaiso pop. 34,428
- Town of Beverly Shores pop. 601
- Town of Burns Harbor pop. 2,125
- Town of Chesterton pop. 14,375
- Town of Dune Acres pop. 235
- Town of Hebron pop. 3,750
- Town of Kouts pop. 2,045
- Town of Ogden Dunes pop. 1,169
- Town of Pines pop. 595
- Town of Porter pop. 5,234
Townships 12
- Township of Boone pop. 6,107
- Township of Center pop. 46,579
- Township of Jackson pop. 5,621
- Township of Liberty pop. 10,969
- Township of Morgan pop. 3,997
- Township of Pine pop. 2,456
- Township of Pleasant pop. 4,503
- Township of Portage pop. 48,245
- Township of Porter pop. 9,655
- Township of Union pop. 9,429
- Township of Washington pop. 5,829
- Township of Westchester pop. 20,853
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 194492
- FIPS state
- 18
- FIPS county
- 127
- FIPS place
- 99127
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF PORTER
- Mailing address
- 155 INDIANA AVE, VALPARAISO 46383