Byron, LaPorte County, Indiana

Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States

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]

References

1. 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.