List of communities in Porter County, Indiana

There are several townships in Porter County, Indiana. Within each of the townships are several towns or cities or other type of named communities.

There are many "lost" towns, a group of places whose names are still commonly used by county residents. Each may have had one time a post office, a store that served a part of the county, a grain elevator used by farmers to ship their crops, a rail station, or a development that was or may still remain a unique designation. There may be a residential association or some other legal body devoted to the area. More often, these communities are communities of people who still refer to their homes by these geographic designations.