Rolling Prairie is an
unincorporated community and
census-designated place (CDP) in
Kankakee Township,
LaPorte County
LaPorte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 111,467. The county seat is the city of La Porte, and the largest city is Michigan City. This county is part of the Northwest Indiana and Michiana ...
,
Indiana, United States. As of the
2010 census, it had a population of 582.
History
The first cabin was built here in 1831 by Ezekiel Provolt. More settlers arrived, built cabins and named the settlement "Nauvoo". On November 26, 1853, the village was platted by J. W. Walker and named "Portland". The name of "Rolling Prairie", descriptive of the undulating terrain, was later adopted by one of the railroad companies operating through the town.
Rolling Prairie had
a stop on the
South Shore Line until 1994, when it was closed along with several other flag stops with low ridership.
Geography
Rolling Prairie is located in northeastern LaPorte County at , in the northeast part of
Kankakee Township.
U.S. Route 20 passes through the southern side of the community, leading east to
South Bend and west to
Michigan City.
Indiana State Road 2 passes just south of Rolling Prairie, leading southwest to
La Porte, the
county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Rolling Prairie CDP has an area of , of which , or 1.39%, are water.
Education
Rolling Prairie has a
public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants.
There are ...
, a branch of the La Porte County Public Library.
Rolling Prairie Elementary School occupies the building that was previously Rolling Prairie High School before the high school was merged with New Carlisle High School to form New Prairie High School. The elementary is one of three elementary schools in the New Prairie United School Corporation.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in LaPorte County, Indiana
Census-designated places in Indiana
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