๐บ๐ธ Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships in Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 14,241 at the 2020 Census. The three towns of Chesterton, Burns Harbor, and Porter are known as the Duneland area. Chesterton was first settled under the name Coffee Creek in 1833, with its post office being established in 1835. The post office would eventually be renamed to Calumet in 1850, as which the town was platted when the railroad was extended to that point in 1852. Due to a town on the same railroad also being named Calumet, the name would finally be changed to Chesterton in 1870 and it was reincorporated as a town in 1899.
Just north of the town is Indiana Dunes State Park and Indiana Dunes National Park. Most of the town is flat. However, going south into the city on the Route 49 overpass, one can see the Valparaiso Moraine in the distance.
In 1962, United Tractor moved to the town.
Transportation The South Shore Line, operated by the Northwest Indiana Commuter Transportation District, is headquartered in Chesterton. The South Shore Line stops north of Chesterton at the Dune Park station with multiple trains per day to Chicago and South Bend. V-Line's Orange Line route stops near the South Shore station, indirectly connecting Chesterton to Valparaiso University on weekends.
Chesterton has a population of over 14,241 people. Chesterton also forms part of the wider Porter County which has a population of over 173,215 people. Chesterton is situated near Portage.
๐ช๐ธ Granollers 41.608
๐บ๐ธ Plainfield 41.617
๐บ๐ธ Orland Park 41.617
๐บ๐ธ New Bedford 41.635
๐บ๐ธ Des Moines 41.583
๐บ๐ธ West Des Moines 41.576
๐ฒ๐ฝ San Miguel de Cozumel -86.933
๐บ๐ธ Spring Hill -86.93
๐บ๐ธ West Lafayette -86.9
๐บ๐ธ Michigan City -86.878
๐บ๐ธ Valparaiso -87.05
๐ฒ๐ฝ Playa del Carmen -87.076
๐ณ๐ฎ Chinandega -87.15
๐ณ๐ฎ El Realejo -87.165
๐ญ๐ณ Tegucigalpa -87.184
Locations Near: Chesterton -87.05,41.6
๐บ๐ธ Valparaiso -87.05,41.467 d: 14.8
๐บ๐ธ Portage -87.183,41.567 d: 11.7
๐บ๐ธ Michigan City -86.878,41.704 d: 18.4
๐บ๐ธ Gary -87.35,41.602 d: 24.9
๐บ๐ธ Crown Point -87.363,41.418 d: 33
๐บ๐ธ Hammond -87.493,41.611 d: 36.9
๐บ๐ธ Chicago -87.617,41.867 d: 55.6
๐บ๐ธ Oak Lawn -87.75,41.7 d: 59.2
๐บ๐ธ Cicero -87.748,41.851 d: 64.3
๐บ๐ธ Tinley Park -87.8,41.567 d: 62.5
Antipodal to: Chesterton 92.95,-41.6
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 17820.4
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 17766.4
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 17750.6
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 17735.4
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 17720.9
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 17720.1
๐ฆ๐บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 17711.4
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 17707.8