Porter County, founded in the year 1836, was named for Capt. David Porter, the 1812 War hero. It has the county seat in Valparaiso and the largest city in Portage. With a total area of 521.78 sq mi, it has more than 54.6 K households and 39.7K families. The county houses over 0.16 million people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others.

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