LaPorte (Ind.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
לה פורטה (אינדיאנה)
Name (Latin)
LaPorte (Ind.)
Other forms of name
Porte, La (Ind.)
La Porte (Ind.)
nnaa La Porte, Ind
Porte (Ind.)
Coordinates
-86.7225 -86.7225 41.61055556 41.61055556 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 136902025
Wikidata: Q2018808
Library of congress: n 82028096
Sources of Information
  • GNIS, Nov. 16, 2006(LaPorte--PPL, 41°36ʹ38ʺN 86°43ʹ21ʺW, variants: La Porte, Laporte; LaPorte County)
  • Molnar, A.P. City of Laporte, Indiana, 1982.
  • Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1988(La Porte; La Porte Co.)

Wikipedia description:

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.

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