Chesterton, Indiana

Chesterton, Indiana
Chesterton, Indiana
Town
	Calumet Ave, Downtown
	Location of Chesterton in Porter County, Indiana.
	Coordinates: 41°36′15″N 87°03′00″W / 41.60417°N 87.05000°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Porter
Townships	Westchester, Jackson, Liberty, Pine
Settled	1833
Platted	1852
Incorporated (town)	May 4, 1899
Government
• Type	Town Council
• President	James Ton (R, 1st)
• Council Members	Erin Collins (D, 2nd); Dane Lafata (D, 3rd); Sharon Darnell (D, 4th); Jennifer Fisher (R, 5th)
• Clerk-Treasurer	Courtney Udvare (D)
Area
• Total	9.49 sq mi (24.59 km2)
• Land	9.38 sq mi (24.30 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation	643 ft (196 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	14,241
• Density	1,517.91/sq mi (586.09/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	46304
Area code	219
FIPS code	18-12412
GNIS feature ID	2396642
Website	http://www.chestertonin.org/

Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships in Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[5] The population was 14,241 at the 2020 Census. The three towns of Chesterton, Burns Harbor, and Porter are known as the Duneland area.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

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^ "Clerk-Treasurer | Chesterton, IN - Official Website".
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chesterton, Indiana
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ The cultural impact of a museum in a small community: The Hour Glass of Ogden Dunes. The Shouth Shore Journal, 2, pp. 16–28.
^ "South Shore Journal - the Cultural Impact of a Museum in a Small Community: The Hour Glass in Ogden Dunes". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
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