Chesterton, Indiana
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State : | United States | |
State : | Indiana | |
County : | Porter County | |
Coordinates : | 41 ° 36 ′ N , 87 ° 3 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | |
Residents : | 13,068 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 540.9 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 24.45 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 24.16 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 195 m | |
Postal code : | 46304 | |
Area code : | +1 219 | |
FIPS : | 18-12412 | |
GNIS ID : | 0432457 | |
Website : | www.chestertonin.org | |
Mayor : | C. Bernard Doyle | |
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Chesterton is a city in the Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships in Porter County , Indiana , United States . Together with Burns Harbor and Porter, Chesterton forms the Tri-Towns in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (also Duneland) on Lake Michigan .
In addition to the local newspaper Chesterton Tribune , the NPR station WBEW broadcasts its program from here.
Personalities
- Albert Crewe (1927–2009), physicist
- Jenna Fischer (* 1974), actress
Web links
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