La Porte, IN Summer Camps

About La Porte, IN

La Porte is a city in La Porte County , Indiana , United States , of which it is the county seat . Its population was 22,053 at the 2010 census . 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 and was first settled in 1832. The current mayor is Kathleen Chroback, a Democrat serving her second term in 12 years. Chroback was defeated in the 2011 elections by Blair Milo. Milo will become one of the youngest mayors in La Porte's history.

History of La Porte, IN

History The settlement of La Porte was established in July 1832. Abraham P. Andrew, one of the purchasers of the site, constructed the first sawmill in that year. The first settler arrived in October, building a permanent cabin just north of what would become the Courthouse square. In 1833 a Federal Land Office was established in La Porte. People would come to this office from newly established surrounding counties to buy land from the government, including Solon Robinson, founder of Crown Point . The office was moved to Winamac in 1839. By 1835 the settlement had grown to the extent that it was decided that La Porte should become incorporated as a town. A newspaper was established in 1836 and La Porte Medical School was founded in 1842, the first of its kind in the Midwest. A former graduate of the school William Worrall Mayo established the famed Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in 1889.

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