Valparaiso (Indiana)

Valparaiso
Nickname : Valpo
Franklin Street in Valparaiso
Location of Valparaiso in Indiana County and County
Basic data
Foundation :	July 7, 1836
State :	United States
State :	Indiana
County :	Porter County
Coordinates :	41 ° 29 ′  N , 87 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 29 ′  N , 87 ° 3 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	31,730 (as of 2010)
Population density :	1,125.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	28.5 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of which 28.2 km 2  (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	242 m
Postcodes :	46383-46385
Area code :	+1 219
FIPS :	18-78326
GNIS ID :	0449849
Website :	www.ci.valparaiso.in.us
Mayor :	Jon Costas ( R )

Valparaiso is a city in Porter County in the state of Indiana in the United States . With 31,730 residents, it is the second largest city in Porter County. It is an hour's drive from Chicago and South Bend . The Valparaiso University has 4,000 students.

history

The land on which Valparaiso was built was bought by the Potawatomi Indians in October 1832 . At that time there was the small Indian village of Chipuaw on the Sauk Trail. The city of Portersville was founded on this land in 1836. Shortly thereafter, the city was renamed Valparaiso because the city's founder David Porter fought near Valparaíso (Chile) during the War of 1812 .

geography

The city is located on the Valparaiso Moraine, on the Saint Lawrence Seaway . In winter, the city, which is only 20 km south of Lake Michigan , falls a lot of snow due to the Lake Effect .

Climate data from Valparaiso, Indiana Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 1 2 7th 15th 21st 27 29 28 24 18th 9 2 O 15.3 Min. Temperature (° C) -9 -7 -3 3 9 14th 17th 16 12 6th -1 -7 O 4.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 277 248 156 129 112 102 81 89 81 89 160 277 Σ 1,801 T e m p e r a t u r 1 -9 2 -7 7th -3 15th 3 21st 9 27 14th 29 17th 28 16 24 12 18th 6th 9 -1 2 -7 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec N i e d e r s c h l a g 277 248 156 129 112 102 81 89 81 89 160 277   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source:

sons and daughters of the town

• Maurice E. Crumpacker (1886–1927), politician
• Earl F. Landgrebe (1916–1986), politician
• Henry C. Gordon (1925-1996), astronaut and test pilot
• Milt Bernhart (1926–2004), trombonist and jazz musician
• Mark N. Brown (born 1951), astronaut
• Carly Schroeder (* 1990), actress
• Sam Ficken (born 1992), American football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Deborah H. Shults-Gay: One of the earliest Authentic histories of Porter County Indiana, From 1832 to 1876. ca. 1917.
2. ↑ Ronald L. Baker, Marvin Carmony: Indiana Place Names. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1995, ISBN 0-253-28340-X , p. 170.
3. ^ Valparaiso, Indiana. at: weatherbase.com