Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Portage in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Portage. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Portage listed first.
- Willow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crisman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crisman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisman
- McCool
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McCool is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Hobart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Babcock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Miller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Miller is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Lake Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Liverpool
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sedley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sedley is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Chesterton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Porter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ainsworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ainsworth is located in Lake County
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- Deep River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
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- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Porter County
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- Valparaiso
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Suman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lottaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Merrillville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burdick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burdick is located in Porter County
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- Pine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pine is located in Lake County
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- Griffith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Coburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coburg is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburg
- Ivanhoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Portage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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