Place:LaPorte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
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NameLaPorte
Alt namesLa Portesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates41.609°N 86.717°W
Located inLaPorte, Indiana, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Patton Cemetery
Pine Lake Cemetery
Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery
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La Porte (French for "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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Junior high school class, 1940s? LaPorte, Indiana
Cover of dance card for Y Clubs formal dance, 1947
Dance card for Y Clubs formal dance, 1947
Louis Finch's football letter certificate, 1946, LaPorte High School
Joan Lillian Hunter, LaPorte HS Class of 1948
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Louis Finch's reserve basketball letter certificate, 1945-1946, LaPorte High School
Unknown man; photo found in LaPorte HS yearbook
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