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Valparaiso, Indiana

Valparaiso is a city and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 31,730 at the 2010 census.
www.ci.valparaiso.in.us/


The site of present day Valparaiso was included in the purchase of land from the Potawatomi Indians by the U.S. Government in October 1832. Located on the ancient Sauk Indian Trail from Rock Island to Detroit, the town had its first log cabin in 1834. Established in 1836 as the county seat of Portersville, it was renamed to Valparaiso in 1837 after Valparaíso, Chile, near which the county's namesake David Porter battled in the War of 1812. Until 1991 it was the terminal of Amtrak's Calumet commuter service.

Population: 30,718 (2005)

Location: Northwest Indiana

Geographic Area: 11 square miles

County: Porter

Townships: Center and Washington

Nearest Major Cities: Chicago – 55 miles, Indianapolis – 158 miles,
Detroit – 237 miles

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valparaiso,_Indiana

Recent city comments:

  • Kelsey's Steak House - Home of the "6lb Challenge", John Thiel (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    The cost is $70, not $42.
  • Valparaiso Wastewater Treatment Plant, cmchavis wrote 13 years ago:
    Elden Kuehl Pollution Control Facility (EKPCF)
  • Porter County, Indiana, jwaechterporterco.org (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    I do mapping work for porter county. If I can help in anyway, email.
  • Scheele Hall, Tay Tay (guest) wrote 17 years ago:
    Tay Tay resides here.
  • Porter County, Indiana, Rhatsa26WM wrote 18 years ago:
    Number 10 in my list of counties to be traced out. Anybody living in these counties that wishes to put in information about them is more than welcome to. I only know more about Southwestern Indiana than the rest of the state, so I am only limited to what information I do know about them.
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