There are many "lost" towns, a group of places whose names are still commonly used by county residents.

Each may have had one time a post office, a store that served a part of the county, a grain elevator used by farmers to ship their crops, a rail station, or a development that was or may still remain a unique designation.

Located in Boone Township, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Hebron, Aylesworth is still an active grain elevator of the Cargill Corporation.

[2] The community was named for a local family and grew up around a flag stop on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.

It is located County Road 200 West where they cross the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which is today operated by CSX.

A grocery store operated by Thomas Jeffrey Clevenger was also located near the station at Babcock, which, for a period of time, included a post office.

[1][2] Platted by Joseph Bailly in 1833, north of Chesterton, where the Arcelor/Mittal (previously Bethlehem) Steel mill is located.

The highway passes through the upper reaches of the Coffee Creek valley and then climbs to the top of the Valparaiso Moraine.

[1][2] In 1865, Richard Lytle built a fishing camp on the southeast edge of Flint Lake.

The original plat of the town included nine lots located south of the railroad tracks.

In 1862, George Merrill built fishing and boating resort on the Shore of Flint Lake.

In 1902, Charles Specht purchased the property and built a larger facility that he called ’’The Willows Resort’’.

Today, a community association operates a resident’s only beach on the last remaining ‘public’ shoreline of the resort.

[6] About the turn of the century (1900), Mr John McQuiston owned the east side of Flint Lake, including the Burlington Beach area.

They expanded the facility to include a toboggan slide, concession stands, roller skating rink and a larger picnic ground.

[6] City West was a community of 15-20 households platted at the mouth of Fort Creek, in the present-day Indiana Dunes State Park.

By 1935, the community remains identified on area maps, but there is no evidence that the grain elevator was still in operation.

A post office, officially named Coburgh, was opened in this village on May 8, 1876, and ceased operation on January 15, 1906, with service transferred to Westville.

[11] Crestview is a local name in Center Township for a housing development that is located on a rise above Sager Creek.

Crocker grew up around the junction of two railroads, the Wabash and the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern (EJ&E).

It is located on the western boundary of the township, across Indiana 149 from the City of Portage on County Road 1050 N.[3] Edgewater is a beach community on the north shore of Flint Lake.

In 1890, Howard Dickover purchased the entire area and put a resort hotel on the lake, naming it ‘Edgewater Beach’.

In 1910, the Valparaiso and Northern Railway (Interurban) passed around Flint Lake and an Edgewater station was constructed.

[2] Graham Woods remains a local name in Chesterton for a housing development located north of Indian Boundary Road (County Road 1275 North), a mile east of its junction with State Route 49.

[13] Hurlburt developed along the Chicago and Erie Railroad, some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Boone Grove.

The Lenoard school house could be found just west of tower road on the south side of Joliet rd.

A school was located approximately one-half mile west of the cross roads.

A post office began operation here under the name Porters Cross Roads on May 1, 1844, with Aaron Servis appointed as the first postmaster (1844–1850, 1855–1859).

The Miller House, built in 1923 is a significant structure remaining in the community after the Post Office closed with the introduction of Rural Free Delivery.

[16] Wake Robin is a local name in Chesterton for a housing development located south of Indian Boundary Road (County Road 1275 North), a mile east of its junction with State Route 49.