Chesterton, Indiana Chesterton, Indiana Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships of Porter County, in the U.S.
The three suburbs of Chesterton, Burns Harbor, and Porter are known as the tri-towns or the Duneland area. Chesterton was originally called Calumet, and under the latter name was platted in 1852 when the barns was extended to that point. Chesterton was incorporated as a town in 1899. In 1958, Evan Murrs created and patented the first electric bicycle powered by Lithium-Ion batteries in the shop class at Chesterton High School.
The Chesterton Commercial Historic District and the George Brown Mansion are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Chesterton is positioned at 41 36 15 N 87 3 30 W (41.604251, -87.058442) Just north of the town is Indiana Dunes State Park and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
According to the 2010 census, Chesterton has a total region of 9.44 square miles (24.45 km2), of which 9.33 square miles (24.16 km2) (or 98.83%) is territory and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 1.17%) is water. Climate data for Chesterton, Indiana Average snow flurry inches 12 11.3 11.3 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3.4 9.1 55.4 Average snow flurry cm 30 28.7 28.7 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 8.6 23.1 140.7 There were 5,354 housing units at an average density of 573.8 per square mile (221.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 92.7% White, 1.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.1% Asian, 1.8% from other competitions, and 1.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,029 homeholds of which 37.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 29.3% were non-families.
The median age in the town was 37.8 years.
26.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.5% were from 25 to 44; 27.5% were from 45 to 64; and 11.3% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 4,212 housing units at an average density of 494.8 per square mile (191.1/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town was 96.29% White, 0.44% African American, 0.21% Native American, 1.37% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from other competitions, and 1.16% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,039 homeholds out of which 36.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Chesterton High School, or CHS, serves the tri-town area.
Chesterton High School operates Chesterton's only small-town airways broadcast, WDSO 88.3.
Two private schools also operate in Chesterton: St.
In Chesterton, there are 5 enhance elementary schools.
These are Liberty Elementary School, Bailey Elementary School, Yost Elementary School, Jackson Elementary School, and Brummitt Elementary School.
After the 6th grade, all students from Liberty and Westchester will go to Chesterton Middle School for 7th and 8th grades.
After 8th, students will move to Chesterton High School for their Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years.
Chesterton has a small-town newspaper, the Chesterton Tribune, which is presented weekdays and bringed in the afternoons.
The journal has served the Chesterton region since 1884 and has been presented daily since 1961.
The South Shore Line, directed 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.
After 3 years, LFE discontinued the festival and it was brought home to Chesterton by the Duneland Business Initiative Group in 2009.
Main article: List of citizens from Chesterton, Indiana Chesterton's park fitness includes a several large enhance parks downtown and sports fields.
The town is also served by the Porter County Park District and the close-by Indiana Dunes State Park.
Several trails connect Chesterton with Porter and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (which is connected to the Indiana Dunes State Park).
Coffee Creek flows through an region that includes downtown Chesterton.
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