Ames Family Homestead

John and Cynthia Garwood Farmstead is a historic home and farm located in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. The house was built about 1866, and is a tall 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay, Italian Villa style brick dwelling. It has a gabled-ell form with a center tower. Also on the property are the contributing gambrel-roofed barn (c. 1930), milk house (c. 1930), and silo (c. 1930).: 3 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

Summit is an unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, in the United States.Summit was named for its lofty elevation.The community lies about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of LaPorte and about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Michigan City. Summit is at the intersection of West Johnson Road and county highways W 250 N and N 500 W. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 90).

Pinola is an unincorporated community in Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was named for the growth of pine trees.

William Orr House, also known as the Orr-Richter House, is a historic home located in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was built in 1875, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Eastlake movement style brick dwelling, with Italianate and Gothic Revival style design elements. It features a 3+1⁄2-story central tower with a mansard roof and full width front porch.: 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

WCOE (96.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to La Porte, Indiana, United States. The station airs a country music format and is owned by Spoon River Media, LLC.

Pinhook Bog is a unique bog in Indiana that has been designated a National Natural Landmark. It is part of Indiana Dunes National Park, an area that many citizens, scientists, and politicians fought hard to preserve. Its sister bog, Volo Bog, is located nearby. The bog contains a large variety of plants, including insect eating plants, tamarack trees, stands of blueberry bushes, and floating mats of sphagnum moss. Pinhook Bog is about 580 acres (2.3 km2), a quarter of which is a floating mat of sphagnum peat moss. A "moat" separates the bog from the uplands.

Center Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,075 and it contained 10,994 housing units.

Pinehurst Hall, also known as the Charles T. Leaming House, is a historic home located in Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was built in 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal style brick dwelling, with Italianate style accents. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has two one-story rear additions.: 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Oakwood is an unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, in the United States.

Waterford is an unincorporated community in Coolspring Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.

Door Village is an unincorporated community in Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was founded in 1836.The site of the Old Fort at Door Village which was built in 1832 and a marker designates the site. A young man rode his Indian pony from Fort Dearborn to this part of the country to warn the settlers that Black Hawk and his Indians were coming on the warpath. The opening between the great forests which came down from the north and up from the south, was designated by the French voyageurs as "La Porte" or the door, from which La Porte County derived its name. The Marker is located on Joliet Road, on the north side near the intersection with Long Lane. Joliet Road follows the Old Sauk Trail from the south side of present-day LaPorte to the Town Of Westville.

Scipio Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,570 and it contained 1,910 housing units.