Tremont | |
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 Tremont business district, circa 1920s | |
  Tremont Location of Porter in the state of Indiana | |
| Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 87°02′37″W / 41.64861°N 87.04361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Porter |
| Township | Westchester |
| Established as New City West | 1833 |
| Refounded as Tremont | 1908 |
| Abandoned | 1960s |
Tremont, Indiana, is a ghost town formerly located in what is now the Indiana Dunes State Park and Indiana Dunes National Park in Westchester Township in northern Porter County, Indiana. It was first established in 1833. It was located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and County Road 100 East, near Indiana 49. The community is named for three massive sand dunes that are now contained within the State park. They are Mount Tom (200 feet (61 m) above the surrounding area), Mount Holden 170 feet (52 m), and Mount Green 160 feet (49 m).[1]
- ^ Powell A. Moore; The Calumet Region, Indiana's Last Frontier; Indiana Historical Bureau, 1959, reprinted 1991.