Kingsbury, IN

Kingsbury is a town in Washington Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, just northwest of the intersection of U.S. Route 35 and U.S. Route 6. The 2020 census counted 190 residents. The town was founded in 1835 and incorporated on March 3, 1941. During 1940 and 1941, the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant was built for use during World War II; the plant briefly reopened during the Korean War before closing permanently, and parts are now the Kingsbury Fish and Wildlife Area and the Kingsbury Industrial Park. The district's sole comprehensive high school is LaPorte High School. In Kingsbury, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Kingsbury, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Kingsford Heights was built as its housing.