LaPorte County, Indiana

Founding: 1832
Parent counties: St. Joseph and unorganized territory

Namesake: Perhaps the French word la porte ("the door")
Seat: La Porte (1832–)

Land area: 598 square miles

Population (2020): 112,417

Population (historic): 8,184 (1840); 22,919 (1860); 30,985 (1880); 38,386 (1900); 60,490 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; nine towns; four CDPs; 21 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,699 (21.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,849
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,673

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,431
Average farm size (1920): 115.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania

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La Porte

Namesake: Perhaps the French phrase la porte ("the door")

Founding: 1832 (platting); 1832 (post office); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 22,471

Population (historic): 1,824 (1850); 6,581 (1870); 7,113 (1900); 15,755 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880s; 1900–1970; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,539 (34.4%)

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