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Westville, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in New Durham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46391. The Survey maps it on the Westville quadrangle. 5,257 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.

Westville within LaPorte County

On record in Westville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Westville fell from 5,853 to 5,257 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20105,853
20205,257-596 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Westville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Producers Core Sand Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westville in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 7 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2006LightningWestville7 hurtA 15 year old boy and his grandfather were setting up a tent at the annual Pumpkin festival when lightning struck near the tent and travelled through the ground affect both of them. The boy was transported to the hospital with severe leg pain, but was alert. The boy's grandfather as well as 5 bystandards were affected by the lightning, treated at the scene and released.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Westville$50,000WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR U.S. 421 AND U.S. 30. A FEW FARMHOUSES SUFFERED SLIGHT ROOF DAMAGE.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWestville$15,000Power lines down across Highway 421.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindWestville$2,000Large tree fell on vehicle, intersection of Plain and Washington. Road closed much of day.
March 2026HailWestville$1,000Received a report from the public of 1.75 inch diamater hail near Westville, IN.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWestville$1,000Large tree and powerlines down on Joliet Rd in Westville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWestville$500Large tree limbs down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWestville-The public reported a large tree limb down across the road near the intersection of US 421 and Main Street.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindWestville-The public reported a large tree fell onto State Route 421.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWestville-A trained spotter measured wind gusts to 60 mph for a three to four minute period.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWestville-Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down in Westville and across the county.
June 2008HailWestville-Law enforcement officials reported nickel size hail at US 421 and US 2.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWestville-Emergency management reported trees down near Westville.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWestville-Tree blown down on U.S. Hwy 6.
June 2015HailWestville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in LaPorte County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Alida2.1 miles12
Pinhook2.8 miles12
Haskell4.0 miles10
Otis4.0 miles12
Holmesville4.2 miles12
Durham4.8 miles12
Beattys Corner5.6 miles12
Pinola6.7 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WestvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2499782The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445865. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.