Hanna is an

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Hanna Township, LaPorte County, Indiana Hanna Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 976 (up from 965 at 2010) and it contained 409 housing units. It contains the census-designated place A census-designated place ...

, United States. It had a population of 463 at the 2010 census.

History

Hanna was laid out in 1858. It was named for an Indiana judge with the surname Hanna.

Geography

Hanna is located in southern LaPorte County, in the western part of Hanna Township.

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) passes through the north side of the community, leading west to Valparaiso and east to

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, the Hanna CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land.

Demographics

The population in 2010 was 463.

Education

The school district is South Central Community School Corporation.
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Arts and culture

Hanna has a branch of the La Porte County Public Library.

References

Census-designated places in LaPorte County, Indiana Census-designated places in Indiana {{LaPorteCountyIN-geo-stub