2019 Map of Westville

About this map

Westville serves as the primary hub in this portion of LaPorte County, situated at a crossroads where local life and transportation history converge. The landscape is defined by its agricultural foundations and the legacy of early 19th-century communities, evident in the numerous small burial grounds like Beattys Corner Cem, Eight Square Cem, and the Quakerdom Cem. These sites, along with the Carter Cem near Suman, provide significant grounding for genealogists tracing pioneer families of the Indiana prairie. To the north, the periphery of Indiana Dunes National Park meets the drainage of the E Arm Little Calumet River. The infrastructure of the Norfolk Southern railway continues to influence the layout of settlements like Otis, Burdick, and Alida, preserving a rail-corridor pattern established long before modern development reached this corner of the state.