Byron, LaPorte County, Indiana
Byron is an unincorporated community in Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
History
Byron was laid out and platted in 1836. 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.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Byron, LaPorte County, Indiana
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships. C. C. Chapman & Co. 1880. pp. 727.
- ^ Packard, Jasper (1876). History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities. S. E. Taylor, printers. p. 48.