Some of the cities, towns, and places in Porter County are Aberdeen, Beatrice, Beverly Shores, Boone, Boone Grove, Burdick, Burns Harbor, Center, Chesterton, Clanricarde, Coburg, Crocker, Dune Acres, Furnessville, Hebron, Hillcrest, Hurlburt, Jackson, Kouts, Lake County, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Liberty, Malden, Morgan, Ogden Dunes, Pine, Pleasant, Portage, Porter, Porter Crossroads, Salt Creek Commons, Sedley, Shorewood Forest, South Haven, Suman, Tassinong, Town of Pines, Union, Valparaiso, Washington, Westchester, Wheeler, Woodville
Porter County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 173,215, making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat is Valparaiso. The county is part of Northwest Indiana, as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. Porter County is the site of much of the Indiana Dunes, an area of ecological significance. The Hour Glass Museum in Ogden Dunes documents the region's ecological significance.