Byron, LaPorte County, Indiana

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Byron, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Byron
Coordinates: 41°39′26″N86°37′41″W / 41.65722°N 86.62806°W / 41.65722; -86.62806
Country United States
State Indiana
County LaPorte
Township Kankakee
Elevation
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820 ft (250 m)
ZIP code
46371
FIPS code 18-09658 [2]
GNIS feature ID431927 [1]

Byron is an unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.

History

Byron was laid out and platted in 1836. [3] Byron was once considered a center of trade in the area. With the construction of the Northern Indiana Railroad, business activity shifted to other towns, particularly nearby Rolling Prairie, and Byron's population dwindled. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Byron, LaPorte County, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships. C. C. Chapman & Co. 1880. pp.  727.
  4. ↑ Packard, Jasper (1876). History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities. S. E. Taylor, printers. p. 48.


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