Your Guide to Buying a Home in Rolling Prairie, IN

Buying a Home in Rolling Prairie, Indiana

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Rolling Prairie is located in La Porte County

Population: 3,694 Rolling Prairie is a small community in the northeast corner of Kankakee township, in La Porte county. Pioneer settlers first started arriving in this area in the early 1830's. The very first cabin was built in 1831 and was built by Ezekiel Provolt. A very prominent La Porte resident, J. W. Walker, purchased the land in 1852 and named the community Nauvoo. He, however, did not survey or plat the land until 1853, and renamed it Portland. The Northern Indian Railroad built tracks through the settlement in 1852, and soon after the first post office was established. It was discovered that there was another Portland, and the post office and railroad together renamed the community Rolling Prairie because of the surrounding rolling hills. The first school is reported to have been built in 1834 out of logs, but burnt down the first year. It was immediately rebuilt. Rolling Prairie developed quickly because of its location. It was situated on the Michigan road, which was a state road running between Madison, In. and Michigan City, it was bordered on the south by the Sauk Trail, and it had the benefit of the railroad running through it. Rolling Prairie started out as a farming community and is still today a very strong farming community. It also has today many manufacturers in the immediate area. It has a bank, the Rolling Prairie Branch of the La Porte County Public Library, several churches, many restaurants, and 2 taverns. It is still an unincorporated town, meaning it has no governing body of it's own and must rely on the county government. Several groups have tried numerous times to incorporate it, but the vast majority of the people have always voted it down. Today it has a population of between 700 and 800.