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We would like to provide the residents of  Chesterton  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Chesterton Home page. The Chesterton Home page provides as much information as possible on Chesterton. Knowing Chesterton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Chesterton’s Home page, you will also find Chesterton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Chesterton has a population of 13884. 48.4% of Chesterton’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.6 are female. 48.4% of Chesterton is married and 69.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $204,125, and the average rent is $973. Household median income in Chesterton is $76,427, and the individual median income is $41,236. Chesterton’s Ethnic is the following: White(90.7%), Hispanic(7.6%), Multiple(4.5%), Asian(2.1%), Black(2%), Other(0.5%), Native(0.1%).


Chesterton was first settled under the name Coffee Creek in 1833, with its post office being established in 1835. The post office would eventually be renamed to Calumet in 1850, as which the town was platted when the railroad was extended to that point in 1852. Due to a town on the same railroad also being named Calumet, the name would finally be changed to Chesterton in 1870 and it was reincorporated as a town in 1899 after a failed incorporation in 1869, with its population of 788 being the second-largest in Porter County at the time.In 1933, a United Airlines NC13304 flight became the first known case of an attack against an aircraft.


It was downed by a nitroglycerine bomb above Chesterton on October 10, 1933. All 7 people aboard the aircraft—four passengers and a crew of three—were killed in the crash.In 1962, United Tractor moved to the town.


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